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Fiona Chow

Hundreds of residents at a Hong Kong public housing estate were evacuated in the early hours of the second day of Lunar New Year over a suspected fire, only to discover that white smoke billowing from a flat had come from a cooking mishap.
The Fire Services Department received a fire alarm report at about 2.30am on Wednesday concerning Kin Wah House at Kin Ming Estate in Tiu Keng Leng.
Some residents took to social media to report the incident.
“Where is the fire? I’m ready to grab my two cats and evacuate,” an online user, Chi Him Lam, said.

Other users said they had been asleep when the alarm and their neighbours’ screaming woke them up.
A search and rescue team was deployed to evacuate hundreds of residents from the building, while police and ambulance crews also arrived at the scene.
The department said firefighters found a cooking pot that had boiled dry in the flat where the white smoke originated. It reportedly contained beef stew.
No injuries were reported.
The evacuees were allowed to return to their homes at around 3am.


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