A fire in a 16-story Hong Kong residential building kills at least 5 people and injures dozens

Source: Daily Journal
Author: Associated Press

HONG KONG (AP) -- A fire in a large, mostly residential building in Hong Kong on Wednesday morning killed at least five people and left another 36 injured.

Some 250 residents were rescued from the New Lucky House in Hong Kong's Jordan neighborhood and the fire was extinguished.

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