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From Propagandist to Criminal Two women climbed out of a window of a residential block in Hong Kong in an attempt to escape a fire that sent at least three people to hospital on Sunday, police said.
Police said they received multiple reports at 5.28pm of a blaze at Yen Dack Building on Chun Yeung Street in North Point.
Thick smoke billowed from a high-floor unit as firefighters arrived, deploying one hose line and a breathing apparatus team. The fire was extinguished at 6.19pm.
Two women and a man were taken conscious to Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital in Chai Wan after inhaling smoke.
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The two women who managed to escape to safety were seen struggling to get out through the window, grabbing water pipes and stepping onto air-conditioner units as they descended to a lower floor, startling onlookers on the ground.
Many residents were evacuated to safety during the blaze, with police and firefighters helping elderly tenants.
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The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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