THIS is the terrifying moment a huge fire engulfs three residential towers in Hong Kong – trapping residents in their apartments.
Flames and thick smoke were continuing to tear through the 31-floor high-rise buildings on Wednesday afternoon – with crews desperately battling the monster blaze.
Police received multiple reports of people trapped in a building and one man severely burned, the South China Morning Post reports.
The fire spread on bamboo scaffolding set up around the exterior of the complex in the city’s Tai Po district, Hong Kong media reports said.
Live video from the scene showed an intense and rapidly burning fire.
The blaze was reported mid-afternoon and upgraded to a No. 4 alarm fire, the second highest level of severity, the city’s Fire Services Department said.
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