Blaze at unlicensed diner in Hong Kong claims eighth victim as woman, 18, dies in hospital
- Teenager, who succumbed to her injuries on Friday evening, had been among 11 people admitted to hospital after the inferno
- Three patients remain in a critical condition, while six others are stable
The teenager, who succumbed to her injuries on Friday evening, had been among 11 people admitted to hospital after the inferno in a Yau Ma Tei tenement building.
The fire tore through an 800 sq ft flat converted into a Nepalese kitchen-style diner on the first floor of the single-staircase tenement on Canton Road, leaving four males and three females, aged eight to 40, dead on Sunday evening.
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Hong Kong tenement fire kills at least seven people, injures several more
Three patients remained in a critical condition as of Friday midnight, while six were stable, the Hospital Authority said. A 13-year-old boy who had earlier been in a critical condition was stable, it said. One person was discharged on Sunday.
Of those killed or injured, 17 were Nepali while one person’s nationality was not known.
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At least three separate groups of revellers, one celebrating a three-year-old boy’s birthday and two others Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, had been in the private venue – known as “Jeere Khursani” or “hot chillies” in Nepali – when tragedy struck on Sunday evening.
The Fire Services Department said the building was not equipped with fire extinguishing systems such as sprinklers.
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Nepal’s acting consul general Kiran Kumar Gurung urged the Hong Kong government to support the families of the victims.
