Big fire hits HK high-rise construction site

By Agence France-Presse

Mar 04, 2023 12:16 am

HONG KONG, China: A high-rise building under construction in Hong Kong erupted in flames and was still burning hours later, with some nearby residential blocks evacuated early Friday after the fire threatened to spread.

Officials said the fire initially broke out at 11:11 p.m. (1511 GMT) Thursday in the heart of Tsim Sha Tsui, a busy shopping and tourist district on the city's harbor front. It eventually escalated to the fourth level of severity on a five-point scale.

URBAN INFERNO A fire burns at a high-rise building under construction in the Tsim Sha Tsui district in Hong Kong on Friday, March 3, 2023. AFP PHOTO

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