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Elderly man dies after being pulled unconscious from flat during fire in Sai Ying Pun
NEWS DESKHong Kong
PUBLISHEDOct 19, 2026, 2:42 PM
What the source reports
An elderly man died in hospital on Monday night after he was pulled unconscious from a flat during a fire in a residential building in Hong Kong’s Western district. Police received a report at 8.
57pm that flames had erupted in a flat in Hang Fai Building on Pok Fu Lam Road in Sai Ying Pun. Firefighters deployed two water jet and breathing apparatus teams to tackle the fire, which was extinguished at 9. 54pm. A man in…
Main source: SCMP
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