HONG KONG: A fire in a residential building in Hong Kong's bustling Kowloon district killed five people and left six seriously injured today.
People inside the building waved towels at windows to signal for rescue, broadcaster RTHK said, adding that the fire had started at a gym there.
The blaze, rated three in the city's five-grade system, was doused 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 city's financial centre.
At least six of the injured were in serious condition, the hospital authority said, with one critical.
In the northern New Territories, firemen are still battling to put out a separate blaze 15 hours after it erupted at a building site, a fire services spokesperson said, but no casualties were reported. -- REUTERS