DISASTER● ELEVATED6d ago · Oct 8, 2026, 1:57 AM
Boy, 13, rescued after climbing onto air-conditioning unit to escape fire in flat
South China Morning Post · east asia
Hong Kong firefighters have rescued a 13-year-old boy who climbed out a window onto the air-conditioning unit to escape a fire that broke out in his flat, while his mother has been arrested on suspicion of child neglect. Police received reports at 7.54pm on Wednesday that a fire had broken out in a flat at Tsui To House, one of the blocks of Tsui Ping (North) Estate in Kwun Tong. Online footage showed the boy, wearing only his underwear, climbing out of a window and onto the condenser unit as...
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