20211216 Fire traps 150 people on Hong Kong trade center roof
China Dec 16 2021 “Building” “Office bldg.”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : 1 to 29 Injured : injured more than 10
Fire traps 150 people on Hong Kong trade center roof
Updated: 2021-12-16
A fire yesterday broke out in Hong Kong’s World Trade Centre, trapping about 150 people on its roof, while 13 people were injured before firefighters put out the blaze, police and the fire department said.
The 39-floor World Trade Centre is home to restaurants, offices and shops in the bustling Causeway Bay commercial and shopping district.
The fire broke out in a utility room on a lower level of the building’s mall at noon, media said, before it spread to bamboo scaffolding cladding the exterior.
Paramedics tend to a woman who was rescued from the 38-story World Trade Centre building, after a fire trapped about 150 people on the rooftop in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong yesterday.Photo: AFP
City authorities said firefighters had battled the blaze with two high-powered hoses, using ladders and breathing apparatus in their effort to rescue those trapped.
Thirteen people were taken to hospital, one of them semi-conscious, police said.
The fire was extinguished at 4:30pm, the fire department said.
Earlier, shoppers and office workers streamed out of the building as smoke billowed from it and police blocked off traffic on major adjacent roads.
About 100 people moved from a restaurant to the top 39th floor when the fire broke out and smoke filled the dining area, broadcaster RTHK quoted police as saying.
The cause of the fire was not immediately clear.
Web Source: Taipei Times
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