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Clifford Lo

Two public housing tenants died after being pulled from a fire at a flat in northern Hong Kong on Tuesday.
Emergency personnel were sent to Heng Chui House at Tin Heng Estate in Tin Shui Wai at 2.42pm when a 40th-floor flat burst into flames.
A government spokeswoman said more than 120 residents fled from the building before police and firefighters arrived.
According to police, a man and woman were unconscious in the flat when found by firefighters.
“The woman was certified dead at the scene and the man was taken unconscious to Tin Shui Wai Hospital for treatment,” a police spokesman said.

According to the force, the man died in hospital shortly before 4.30pm.
Authorities are still investigating the cause of the blaze.
A police source said the pair were thought to be the tenants of the flat and officers were still trying to establish their relationship.
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The Fire Services Department sent seven fire engines and three ambulances to the scene.
A spokesman from the department said firefighters used a water jet to battle the blaze which was extinguished at about 3.30pm.


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Flames in home at Heng Chui House in Tin Shui Wai forced more than 120 residents to flee
The man and woman were unconscious in the flat when found by firefighters, according to police



The blaze occurred at a public housing flat in Tin Shui Wai at 2.42pm and 120 residents fled the building before firefighters arrived.


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Fire in Hong Kong flat kills 2 public housing tenants as authorities probe source of blaze

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Flames in home at Heng Chui House in Tin Shui Wai forced more than 120 residents to flee

The man and woman were unconscious in the flat when found by firefighters, according to police