6 hours ago55 people died of fire in Hong Kong
Periskopi(7 months ago)
(7 months ago)The death toll from fire that included public apartments in Hong Kong has increased to 55, according to the city's fire department. 51 people died at the scene and four in the hospital, a spokesman said at a news conference. There is a fireman among the dead, broadcast the BBC. This is the fire me [...]
51 people died at the scene and four in the hospital, a spokesman said at a news conference.
There is a fireman among the dead, broadcast the BBC.
This is the deadliest fire in Hong Kong in at least 63 years.
This fire has already been equated with the number of fire victims in the Sham Shui Po district, which killed 44 people and left hundreds more homeless in the city. About 227kg of fireworks stored in the building's facilities had caused the rapid spread of flames on top floors, South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported.
In November 1996, a fire at the Garley building in Kowloon killed 41 people and injured 81 others.
The deadliest fire ever recorded occurred in 1948 after an explosion on the ground floor in a five-story warehouse containing dangerous <x0). He left 176 people dead. /Periscope/
