Four people have died in a large fire in a Hong Kong apartment block, as authorities say others are still trapped inside.
A further three people were injured, the city’s Fire Services Department said.
Hong Kong media reported that one of the victims was a firefighter, but that could not be immediately confirmed.
The fire sent up a column of flames and thick smoke as it spread across bamboo scaffolding erected around the exterior of the complex in the city’s Tai Po district.
Live video from the scene showed firefighters dousing the intense flames from ladder trucks.
The blaze was reported midafternoon and upgraded to a No. 4 alarm fire, the second-highest level of severity, the Fire Services Department said.
Police said they had received multiple reports of people trapped in the affected buildings.
Tai Po is a suburban area in the northern part of Hong Kong in the New Territories and near the border with the mainland Chinese city of Shenzhen.
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