William Li, 40, is one of the survivors in Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy. The deadliest inferno in decades set seven blocks in the Wang Fuk Court residential complex ablaze, claiming at least 128 lives as of Friday. Li was rescued from Wang Cheong House – the block that first caught fire – on…
Last Thursday at The Altman Building in Chelsea, Grindr staged what might be the most unexpected runway show of the year. Aptly titled I Wool Survive, the show was a collaboration with designer Michael Schmidt and Rainbow Wool, a German nonprofit that rescues gay sheep. Yes, you read that correctly. One in twelve rams is…
A World War II-era Douglas C-47 military transport plane dubbed “Miss Montana” had been parked in a museum for nearly two decades after a career transporting firefighters in Montana. Now, with its engines rebuilt and the fuselage restored to its early glory, it is joining other veteran airplanes that saw service on D-Day 75 years…
Two young children have died after being found unconscious with their father in a flat in Hong Kong’s Yau Ma Tei, where police also seized a knife. The case came to light at around 3.15pm on Wednesday when the mother, 40, contacted authorities after receiving a call from a tuition centre about her eight-year-old son’s…
Hong Kong police have launched an investigation after a man and his two young children were found unconscious in a flat in Yau Ma Tei, with a knife found at the scene. The case came to light at around 3.15pm on Wednesday when a mother contacted authorities after receiving a call from a tuition centre…
Hong Kong police have launched an investigation after a baby was found unresponsive in the waters off North Point and later confirmed dead. The infant was discovered by a passer-by who spotted her on Wednesday in the waters near the Man Hong Street Playground shortly before 4pm. Firefighters retrieved the child from the water, next…
Seventeen people were stranded in mid-air for more than an hour after a ride at Hong Kong’s Ocean Park malfunctioned on Sunday evening. Emergency services were sent to the “Wild Twister” ride in the Wong Chuk Hang theme park after the breakdown. Firefighters reached the riders and helped the first one down at 7.38pm, followed…
Four members of a family, including a six-year-old boy, were rushed to hospital after being pulled from a burning flat in Hong Kong’s Mong Kok district late on Thursday. Firefighters found three of them – a man in his eighties, one in his forties and the boy – unconscious in the flat in an old…
Hong Kong police have launched an investigation after a bottle of corrosive liquid was thrown allegedly from a high floor of a Tai Po public housing estate, injuring a couple. The force received a report of the incident at 1.11pm on Saturday, in which the injured man said that he and his female companion were…
A speedboat in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay typhoon shelter caught fire on Sunday morning, with the blaze spreading to two nearby vessels. Marine police and firefighters rescued three men and two women, aged 25 to 42, from a nearby unaffected vessel as Typhoon Wipha lashed Hong Kong with wind and rain. All five were uninjured…