Firefighters battled the blaze at a redevelopment project in the Tsim Sha Tsui district throughout the early hours of Friday
Several upper floors of the building were engulfed in fire, according to Reuters witnesses, and blazing falling debris, including bamboo scaffolding, sparked smaller fires in adjacent structures.
Keung Sai-ming, Hong Kong’s deputy chief fire officer, told reporters that 250 firefighters and rescue workers battled the blaze for the entire night before it was extinguished around 8 a.m. local time.The building is a 42-storey project by the Empire Group to house the city’s Mariners Club and a hotel, according to the company’s website.
The Mariners Club opened in 1967 to provide affordable accommodation to seafarers, and was popular among maritime workers passing through Hong Kong.
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