At least seven people were killed and 11 others injured in a fire at an apartment building that may have started at a gathering of people from the city’s Nepalese community.
The blaze broke out at 8.45 pm on Sunday night in Yau Ma Tei, a usually bustling area in Kowloon packed with old apartment blocks, shops and businesses.
The apartment where the fire started may have been operating as an unlicensed restaurant, according to the area’s district council member, Leslie Chan.
The Hong Kong government said those who died were four men and three women, with the ages of those killed and injured given as between 8 and 48. Chan said the dead and injured were from the Nepalese community.Fire officials said at a news conference early Monday that the cause of the blaze was still unknown. Source: https://www.daily-bangladesh.com
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