MAN DIES, 78 PEOPLE EVACUATED AFTER FIRE BREAKS OUT AT HONG KONG VILLAGE HOUSE

A man was killed and nearly 80 people were forced to evacuate after a fire broke out at a village house in Hong Kong on Wednesday. Authorities said they were alerted at around 4.30am to a blaze at a house made of metal sheets in Ling Shan Tsuen in Fanling.

News - South China Morning Post reports that a man was killed and nearly 80 people were forced to evacuate after a fire broke out at a village house in Hong Kong on Wednesday.

The report adds: Authorities said they were alerted at around 4.30am to a blaze at a house made of metal sheets in Ling Shan Tsuen in Fanling.

Police said some electrical wires were spotted burning when rescuers arrived at the scene.

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