Fire breaks out on rooftop of residential building in Hong Kong’s Mong Kok

Firefighters battled a fierce rooftop blaze at a residential building in Hong Kong’s Mong Kok district for around an hour on Tuesday before dousing the flames.

The Fire Services Department received a report at about 5. 20pm that items stored on the rooftop of the 26-storey Block B of Shun King Building on Nelson Street had caught fire. No casualties were reported, while 40 residents fled the building. Firefighters…