The blaze broke out on Wednesday in the afternoon and spread quickly along the bamboo scaffolding that surrounded the building. Thick smoke rose above the area as firefighters worked from ladder trucks to contain the flames.
High-rise fire in Hong Kong's Tai Po district kills four, injures three
Smoke rises after a fire broke out at Wang Fuk Court, a residential estate in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong's New Territories
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Officials later confirmed three people were injured and several residents had been trapped inside the complex. Police gave a different casualty figure earlier, though the reason for the mismatch was not clear.
Tai Po sits in the New Territories, close to the border with Shenzhen, and the fire was raised to a No. 4 alarm, one of the highest levels in Hong Kong.