Flames in a shopping mall and office complex in busy Causewy Bay district: all trapped people rescued
The fire at Hong Kong’s World Trade Center skyscraper was extinguished, while the more than 1,250 people inside the building were all evacuated and rescued. The South China Morning Post reported, citing the police.
Police reported in local media reports that people blocked at 39th were more than 300 after an accurate count. At least 13 people were taken to hospital, some of them for inhaling smoke: they were transferred to Ruttonjee Hospital, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital and Queen Mary Hospital for immediate care.
Footage posted on social media showed dozens of people, including seniors, trapped in a cramped space in an open area on the fifth floor. The relatives of the trapped people, who arrived on the spot, told StandNews that the situation was chaotic and that the smoke came in small and large gusts, multiplying the problems of the rescue operations.
The cause of the fire is not yet known, but it is possible – based on an initial assessment – that the flames started from an electrical control room on the ground floor before reaching the external scaffolding of the building, where work is in progress. of restructuring. The police, meanwhile, have launched an investigation to shed light on the matter.
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