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Deadly fire in Wan Chai|The fire scene was not unblocked, and the neighbor who escaped with 3 cats was forced to hang around the street all night

2022-12-01T06:55:48.047Z


A fire broke out in Wan Chai Kam Lok Building. A male resident surnamed Liu (89 years old) was buried in the flames. His male relative who lived with him was unconscious and died after being sent to the hospital for emergency treatment. Investigators seized accelerants at the fire scene and believed that the cause of the fire was suspicious.


A fire broke out in Wan Chai Kam Lok Building. A male resident surnamed Liu (89 years old) was buried in the flames. His male relative who lived with him was unconscious and died after being sent to the hospital for emergency treatment.

Investigators seized accelerants at the scene of the fire and believed that the cause of the fire was suspicious, and the building at the scene has not yet been unsealed.

Mr. Deng, who lived on the 8th floor, smelled smoke in the early morning and thought that someone was burning clothes downstairs, but saw his beloved cat "sniffing for donations". After looking closely, he saw thick smoke coming up, so he immediately brought three Tang cats "Cuckoo" , "Lulu" and "Longlong" to escape.

They stayed at a nearby convenience store first, and sat down to rest at the hotel in the morning. They are still waiting for news of the unblocking on the ground floor of the building.


The temperature in Hong Kong dropped sharply, and the temperature in many districts dropped below 15 degrees.

Mr. Deng, who lives on the 8th floor of Jinle Building in Wanchai, is wearing a short shirt and shorts, and flip-flops, waiting downstairs in his apartment for the unblocking.

He recalled passing by the fire alarm in the early morning, referring to the smell of smoke, at first he thought someone was burning clothes downstairs, then he walked to the window and saw smoke, "Come up, it's really smoke", and heard a female voice loudly Saying "Huozhu!" and seeing the cats at home constantly "sniffing for donations and digging into the cracks", he immediately picked up the three Tang cats and took the stairs to escape the fire.

The three cats include a pair of 1-year-old sisters "Lulu" and "Gugu", and a 6-month-old male cat "Longlong".

Mr. Deng pointed out that the cat may know the danger, and it is easier to take away than ever before. When the fire escaped from the back stairs, it made a "meow meow". Later, because of the freezing weather, the cat and I went to a nearby convenience store to spend the night together. "I was very tired and went to the hotel to sit down and rest.

Due to the impact of the fire, he had to call the company to ask for leave. He described Mao Mao's body trembling when he was in the hotel, "shrinking and burying the old one", suspected to be frightened by the fire.

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The incident happened at about 3:00 a.m. today (1st), a unit on the 6th floor caught fire, and flames gushed out of the windows. 7 male and 7 female residents were evacuated to a safe location with the assistance of firefighters, and the other 25 people evacuated by themselves.

The fire unit has been reduced to ruins, the windows are broken, the brackets are crumbling, and the walls are blackened.

The 89-year-old male resident surnamed Liu of the unit where the fire started was found charred and with stab wounds on his heart.

Another man in the unit also suffered stab wounds to the chest and fell into a coma. He was rushed to Ruttonjee Hospital and died.

Wanchai fire causes 2 deaths in unit blackened. A man with a knife wound on his heart became a charred corpse. One person died in the hospital. A commercial and residential building in Wanchai caught fire. A man suffered a knife wound on his chest and died. A man died in the hospital. In the past 30 years, the two deceased had stab wounds on their hearts and mouths

Source: hk1

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