A police officer told AFP on Wednesday evening that it was unclear how many people were unaccounted for because residents were still trickling in late into the night to report.
Ng, in her 60s and declining to give her full name, said her windows were locked when the fire broke out.
She initially didn’t realise it was a fire but assumed the sounds were firecrackers.
Her heart was pounding as she and her family hurriedly evacuated their 19th-floor home, where they had lived for over four decades, she said outside the shelter.
A 65-year-old resident surnamed Yuen said his neighbourhood is home to many elderly residents who use wheelchairs and walkers, and the fire left him and his wife homeless.
Source: CNA
