Woman hurt in flat fire suspected to have been caused by aromatherapy items
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from South China Morning Post · East Asia
Hong Kong firefighters have rescued a 67-year-old woman from a flat in Tin Shui Wai after a blaze broke out, prompting about 100 people to flee. A preliminary investigation suggested aromatherapy items ignited objects in the flat. Police said officers were alerted at 5.39pm on Saturday after smoke was seen billowing from a flat at Locwood Court in the Kingswood Villas private estate. Firefighters forced entry into the flat, where they found the woman, and extinguished the fire, police said. The...
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