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South China Morning Post
Live | Electrical fire grips Hong Kong’s World Trade Centre, more than 300 trapped on rooftop
Blaze at the World Trade Centre in Causeway Bay broke out at 12.37pm, triggering massive emergency response
At least seven people suffer the effects of smoke inhalation, including a woman in her 60s who is in a semi-conscious state in hospital
More than 300 people are trapped on the rooftop of a Hong Kong skyscraper after a fire broke out in an electrical switch room and ripped through scaffolding, engulfing the area in heavy smoke.
At least seven people have suffered the effects of smoke inhalation from the blaze at the 38-storey World Trade Centre on Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay, which took hold during Wednesday’s lunchtime rush.
Among the injured was a woman in her 60s, who was lying semi-conscious in hospital with breathing difficulties.
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Authorities believe fire started in switch room
Police said preliminary investigation suggested the blaze broke out in an electrical switch room in the lower floor of the shopping mall, before spreading to scaffolding that is covering part of the building.
Smoke then entered the shopping centre itself and rear staircases.
Shortly after 1pm, the fire was upgraded to a level three incident. The severity of blazes in the city are graded on a scale of one to five, with the latter the most serious.
Dozens trapped in restaurants
A police spokesman said they had received multiple calls about the fire, reporting the rear staircases of the building were filled with dense smoke.
He said initial information showed that about 100 or so had been evacuated to a fifth floor open-air area section of the building.
However, as of about 1pm, dozens were still trapped in restaurants in the shopping centre.
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3159776/major-fire-breaks-out-hong-kongs-world-trade-centre-trapping?module=lead_hero_story&pgtype=homepage