Around 130 people were evacuated from a Hong Kong shopping area after a fire broke out in a skyscraper late, police said, though no casualties were reported. | Reuters
HONG KONG — Around 130 people were evacuated from a Hong Kong shopping area after a fire broke out in a skyscraper late on Thursday night, police said, though no casualties were reported.Firefighters battled the blaze at a redevelopment project in the Tsim Sha Tsui district throughout the early hours of Friday, the flames visible from the other side of Victoria Harbour.
Several upper floors of the building were engulfed in fire, according to Reuters witnesses, and blazing falling debris sparked smaller fires in adjacent structures.
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