Kwun Tong killer blaze blamed on electrical fault
Witness tells of screams and attempts to put out flames after more than 400 people evacuated
An investigation by authorities into a No 2 alarm fire early Thursday in which a woman died revealed no suspicious causes.
According to witnesses, sounds of an explosion were heard when the fire broke out at midnight in Cha Kwo Ling village, Kwun Tong.
The Fire Services Department suspects the cause of the blaze may be traced to an electrical fault, but it was still investigating.
The scorched area was sealed off from the public.
Some 170 huts, housing 410 people, were evacuated as the fire raged.
The homeless were advised to take temporary shelter in Kwun Tong community hall.
According to the department, no suspicious or illegal flammable material was found in the two-storey brick and tin sheet hut that caught fire when it was vacant.