More than a dozen killed in Hong Kong High-Rise Resigueli Fichings Fire – National

The fire spread to seven high-rise apartment buildings in the Hong Kong Heassay Complex, killing 13 people and leaving others injured, the City’s fire services said.

Nine people were pronounced dead at the scene and four others were sent to hospital and later confirmed dead, officials told reporters. At least 15 others were injured, and around 700 people were evacuated from temporary shelters.

The raging fire sent a column of flames and black smoke as it quickly spread to the bamboo scaffolding and construction netting set up outside the housing complex in Tai Po District, New Areas. Records show the housing complex consisted of eight blocks with about 2,000 houses in about 4,800 houses.

Video from the scene showed several buildings next to each other, with bright flames and flames coming out of many apartment windows as night fell. Authorities say hundreds of firefighters, paramedics and paramedics were dispatched, and video showed firefighters pouring water on the high flames from a dump truck.

The blaze started in the mid-afternoon and after nightfall authorities upgraded the 5-alarm, very prominent, said the Department of Fire Services. The fire had started overnight, and authorities said conditions remained extremely difficult for firefighters.

“Debris and scaffolding of the affected buildings came down,” said Derek Armstrong Chan, deputy director of fire operations (operations). “The temperature inside the affected buildings (is) very high. It is difficult for us to enter the building and go upstairs to do firefighting and rescue operations.”

It is not immediately known what caused the fire. Authorities said the fire started in the exterior of the building and later spread inside the building and to nearby blocks, possibly aided by windy conditions. The ministry said they received “calls” asking for help and some residents remained under arrest since Wednesday night local time.

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Firefighters sent 128 fire trucks and 57 ambulances to the scene.

The dead included one firefighter and another was being treated for heat exhaustion, Fire Department director Andy Yeung told reporters.

LO Hi-Fung, a member of the Taipo District Council, told a local TV station earlier on Wednesday that most of the residents caught in the fire were elderly people.

District authorities in Tai Po have opened temporary shelters for people left homeless by the fire.

“I stopped thinking about my property,” a resident who gave only his surname, Wu, told TVB. “Watching it burn like that was really frustrating.”

Tai Po is a sourdough place in the new suburbs, in the northern part of Hong Kong and near the border with the Chinese mainland of Shenzhen.

Bamboo Scaffolding is a common sight in Hong Kong in Hong Kong in building construction projects and rehabilitation projects, although the government said earlier this year that it will start doing public projects due to concerns.

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Moritsugu reported from Beijing.

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