Two 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.
Two women and a man were taken conscious to Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital in Chai Wan after inhaling smoke.
The two women who managed to escape to safety were seen struggling to get out through the window, grabbing water pipes and stepping onto air-conditioner units as they descended to a lower floor, startling onlookers on the ground.
Many residents were evacuated to safety during the blaze, with police and firefighters helping elderly tenants.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
