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Clifford Lo

A 60-year-old man who had difficulty walking died in hospital after firefighters on Tuesday broke into a blazing public housing flat in Hong Kong and found him unconscious.
Emergency personnel were dispatched to Tsui Ping (North) Estate off Tsui Ping Road in Kwun Tong at 2.10pm when a security guard noticed dense smoke coming out from the 20th-floor flat of Tsui Lau House.
The security guard knocked on the door but no one answered, so he called police.
“Firefighters broke into the flat and found the 60-year-old man unconscious inside the unit,” a police spokesman said.

According to the Fire Services Department, the victim was found unconscious in the flat with burns on his arms, face and body.
The victim was taken to United Christian Hospital and was certified dead at about 2.45pm.
Nine fire engines and two ambulances were sent to the scene, according to the fire department. The blaze was put out at 2.36pm and the force said no evacuation was needed.
Police and the fire department are investigating the cause of the incident. A police source said initial investigation showed the man lived alone and had difficulty walking, adding that the victim’s two electric wheelchairs were damaged in the fire.


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The victim is taken to United Christian Hospital in Kwun Tong. Photo: Dickson Lee

Image of Tsui Lau House, Tsui Ping (North) Estate of Tsui Ping Road in Kwun Tong.

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Security guard noticed dense smoke pouring out of 20th-floor flat of Tsui Lau House in Kwun Tong and called police
Firefighters found victim unconscious in the flat with burns on his arms, face and body



Firefighters found the victim unconscious in the Kwun Tong flat with burns on his arms, face and body.


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Man, 60, dies in hospital after being rescued from blazing Hong Kong flat

Security guard noticed dense smoke pouring out of 20th-floor flat of Tsui Lau House in Kwun Tong and called police Firefighters found victim unconscious in the flat with burns on his arms, face and body

Security guard noticed dense smoke pouring out of 20th-floor flat of Tsui Lau House in Kwun Tong and called police

Firefighters found victim unconscious in the flat with burns on his arms, face and body