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Connor Mycroft

A 50-year-old woman died and three other people were hospitalised after a fire in a Hong Kong flat on Friday that authorities said was caused by a malfunctioning power strip.
Police said the blaze broke out at Valiant Court in Ho Man Tin at around 10.04am.
Fire services were immediately deployed to the scene and the blaze in the 11th-floor flat was quickly put out.
“A preliminary investigation showed the fire arose due to a malfunctioning power strip,” a Fire Services Department spokeswoman said.
She said 22 firefighting vehicles, 15 ambulances and 137 firefighters and paramedics were dispatched to the scene.
One jet and a breathing apparatus team put out the fire. Three teams of rescuers searched for residents.
“Firefighters rescued two women from the burning flat on the 11th floor, as well as a man and a woman from a flat on the 14th floor,” the spokeswoman said.

All four were rushed to Kwong Wah Hospital in nearby Yau Ma Tei. A woman, 50, rescued from the burning flat was later pronounced dead. The other three taken to hospital felt unwell from breathing in smoke.
Around 30 people had evacuated during the fire.
Images from the scene circulating online showed thick plumes of smoke billowing out of one of the flats, with flames visible from the window. An air-conditioning unit mounted above the window of an adjacent flat also appeared to have caught fire.


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Fifty-year-old pronounced dead at Kwong Wah Hospital after fire at Ho Man Tin’s Valiant Court


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