BREAKING,
Local media say more than 300 people, including elderly, trapped on a roof deck of the World Trade Centre building in Causeway Bay.
Hundreds of people are trapped in Hong Kong’s World Trade Centre following a fire on Wednesday, according to media reports.
The South China Morning Post (SCMP) said more than 300 people were trapped on the building’s rooftop, and at least seven people – including a woman in her 60s – suffered from smoke inhalation.
Four of them were hospitalized, SCMP added.
It said the fire broke out at 12:37pm local time in an electrical switch room before ripping through the building’s scaffolding.
Citizen News, citing a police officer at the scene, put the number of people trapped on the rooftop at 350 and said another 100 people were waiting to be rescued on a platform on the fifth floor of the building.
The Hong Kong Free Press said the fire is still ongoing and the alarm level has been raised as firefighters try to rescue several people using emergency ladders.
The website said that 150 people have been evacuated from the 38-storey building in Causeway Bay.
Firefighters received reports about the blaze at the World Trade Center around 12 pm, according to Commercial Radio. The fire, which was raised to the no. 3 alarm by 1 pm, is believed to have broken out on the building’s first floor where renovations are going on. pic.twitter.com/NWqNNM6ZRd
— Hong Kong Free Press HKFP (@hkfp) December 15, 2021
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