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AdvertisementAccidents and personal safetyHong KongSociety2 women climb out of window to flee Hong Kong building fire that injured 3 othersPolice say they were alerted at 5.28pm of blaze at Yen Dack Building on Chun Yeung Street in North Point
1-MIN READ1-MIN ListenDanny MokPublished: 8:29pm, 22 Mar 2026Two 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.
Firefighters arrive at Yen Dack Building on Chun Yeung Street in North Point. Photo: Facebook/Kent LukTwo women and a man were taken conscious to Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital in Chai Wan after inhaling smoke.
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AdvertisementUkraine warWorldRussia & Central AsiaMost of Ukraine’s Chernihiv region has no power after Russian attackMeanwhile, although Putin’s regime has thwarted protests over the blocking of the popular messaging app, Telegram, there is still discontent
5-MIN READ5-MIN ListenAgenciesPublished: 8:15pm, 21 Mar 2026Most of Ukraine’s northern Chernihiv region was ‌left without power on Saturday after a Russian drone attack, local governor Viacheslav Chaus said.
He ⁠said repair works were under way ‌to fix the damage. The region, which ‌borders Russia and Belarus, ⁠had ⁠a pre-war population of nearly ‌a million.
The regional capital, also called ‌Chernihiv, ‌was fully without power, ‌the city administration there ⁠said.
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