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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

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

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.

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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.

Tsui Lau House in Tsui Ping (North) Estate, Kwun Tong. Photo: Handout
Tsui Lau House in Tsui Ping (North) Estate, Kwun Tong. Photo: Handout
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According to the Fire Services Department, the victim was found unconscious in the flat with burns on his arms, face and body.

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