At about 9 pm today (1st), a fire broke out in a high-rise unit in Chang Wing Building, Upper Village, Ngau Tau Kok. An elderly woman was trapped in the unit and then left safely.
The footage of the incident could be shot with a blazing fire from the windows of the unit that caught fire. At one time, there was an explosion. Firefighters arrived at the scene and put out the fire roughly at 10:18.
More than 150 residents evacuated to a safe location on their own, and no one was injured in the incident.
Sources at the scene stated that the burning unit was a pair of mothers and children. At the time of the incident, only the elderly mother was in the house. It is suspected that an electric kettle in the kitchen was overheated and a fire was caught. Smelling the peculiar smell, He saw a fire, and he quickly notified the old woman and helped her escape. At the same time, his son had just returned home, so he called the police.
The fire unit was severely blackened and firefighters are investigating the incident.
The burning unit was blazing.
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