Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee said he had instructed authorities to make an “all-out” effort to treat the injured, while different government departments were investigating the cause of the fire.
The blaze, rated three in the city’s five-grade system, was brought under control by 8.54am, an hour after fire services were alerted to the fire in Jordan, an area teeming with homes and offices across the harbour from the financial centre.
At least six of the injured were in serious condition, the hospital authority said, with one critical.
Firefighters were still battling on Wednesday to put out a separate massive blaze, 15 hours after it erupted at a building site in the northern New Territories, a fire services spokesperson said, but no casualties were reported.
Source: CNA
