{"id":1124301,"date":"2021-12-16T07:13:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T12:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1124301"},"modified":"2021-12-16T07:13:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T12:13:36","slug":"hundreds-rescued-from-hong-kong-tower-rooftop-after-fire-breaks-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-rescued-from-hong-kong-tower-rooftop-after-fire-breaks-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds Rescued from Hong Kong Tower Rooftop After Fire Breaks Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhundreds-rescued-from-hong-kong-tower-rooftop-after-fire-breaks-out%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1124301&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">A fire broke out inside a 59-story Hong Kong commercial tower on Wednesday trapping hundreds of people on the building\u2019s roof and balconies before firefighters successfully rescued all of the stranded fire victims and put out the blaze, Radio Television Hong Kong (HTHK) <a href=\"https:\/\/news.rthk.hk\/rthk\/en\/component\/k2\/1624315-20211215.htm\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Local firefighters <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hkfp\/status\/1470995178164944898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1470995178164944898%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aljazeera.com%2Fnews%2F2021%2F12%2F15%2Fdozens-trapped-in-hong-kong-shopping-centre-fire\">received<\/a> reports about a fire at the Hong Kong World Trade Centre, one of the city\u2019s most visited buildings, at about noon local time on December 15. The tower houses a shopping mall, offices, and restaurants and is located in Hong Kong\u2019s Causeway Bay, which is one of the busiest shopping districts in the Asian metropolis.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.389048991354\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Firefighters received reports about the blaze at the World Trade Center around 12 pm, according to Commercial Radio. The fire, which was raised to the no. 3 alarm by 1 pm, is believed to have broken out on the building&#8217;s first floor where renovations are going on. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NWqNNM6ZRd\">pic.twitter.com\/NWqNNM6ZRd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hong Kong Free Press HKFP (@hkfp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hkfp\/status\/1470995178164944898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hong Kong government officials said the blaze was \u201clargely put out\u201d by 4:30 p.m. local time on December 15, or nearly four hours after it was first reported. The Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) said the fire \u201cforced the evacuation of 1,269 people from the building.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters helped 770 people <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/china-fires-hong-kong-aca7a6a4561de481a89583fb74a91f14\">evacuate<\/a> the tower according to Ng Yau Sheung, the Hong Kong Fire Services Department\u2019s senior divisional officer. Most of the evacuees had managed to gather on the building\u2019s rooftop where they waited for roughly three hours as firefighters used a bucket crane to retrieve them two at a time. A smaller group of fire victims waited on a narrow 5th-story balcony until they were similarly evacuated. Ng said 40 people successfully fled the burning tower \u201con their own.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Hong Kong Fire Services Department sent at least 13 evacuees to a local hospital for treatment after the rescue, including ten people who suffered from smoke inhalation and three people who experienced undisclosed injuries.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19150050\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"37\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/AP21349321714092.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19150050 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/AP21349321714092-1024x687-1.jpg\" alt=\"Two women are rescued by a firefighter in a bucket crane outside the World Trade Centre located in the city&#039;s popular Causeway Bay shopping district of Hong Kong, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. Dozens of people were trapped on the rooftop of the Hong Kong skyscraper after a major fire broke out Wednesday, as firefighters rushed to rescue them and put out the blaze. (AP Photo)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"687\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Two women are rescued by a firefighter in a bucket crane outside the World Trade Centre located in the city\u2019s popular Causeway Bay shopping district of Hong Kong, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. (AP Photo)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Hong Kong World Trade Centre is currently undergoing renovations on its first two stories, where a shopping mall is normally located. A Wednesday report by the Hong Kong-based <em>South China Morning Post<\/em> cited the HKPF as saying its preliminary investigation into the blaze <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/hong-kong\/society\/article\/3159776\/major-fire-breaks-out-hong-kongs-world-trade-centre-trapping?module=lead_hero_story&amp;pgtype=homepage\">suggests<\/a> the fire broke out \u201cin the electrical switch room located on the first floor of the shopping mall, before spreading to the scaffolding that surrounded part of the building.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Representatives of the Hong Kong Fire Services Department later confirmed that the fire started in the tower\u2019s first-floor electrical switch room while speaking to reporters during a press conference on the evening of December 15.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a media briefing, firefighters said the blaze broke out on the first and second floors of the building, near the electrical meter room,\u201d RTHK reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey said it appeared the electrical wiring was involved in the blaze, but will investigate further,\u201d the public broadcaster relayed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Ng told reporters on December 15 a contractor hired to oversee renovations on the tower\u2019s first and second floors had \u201cturned off\u201d the fire alert system in the building\u2019s mall area \u201cfor the time being.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the system is under repair, it\u2019s possible that the contractor will shut down the area affected,\u201d he said at Wednesday night\u2019s press briefing.<\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong government authorities told the Associated Press on December 15 they are currently investigating \u201cwhether fire safety regulations had been breached\u201d by the contractor.<\/p>\n<p>RTHK interviewed a woman on December 15 who said she works on a middle-story of the Hong Kong World Trade Centre and was in the tower when Wednesday\u2019s fire broke out. The unidentified woman told RTHK \u201cshe and colleagues were originally told there was no need to evacuate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt first we smelled something burning and called the management office,\u201d she detailed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were told that there\u2019s no need to evacuate yet,\u201d the woman revealed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut later my colleagues went down to find out more about the situation and said that there was thick smoke downstairs. So we evacuated through the fire escape staircase,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fire broke out inside a 59-story Hong Kong commercial tower on Wednesday trapping hundreds of people on the building\u2019s roof and balconies before firefighters successfully rescued all of the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1124301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1124301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1124301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1124301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1124301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}