Hong Kong Firefighters Battle Blaze in City Center Building
The secured area around the blaze, in Central Hong Kong, Oct. 18.
Photographer: Tara Mulholland/Bloomberg
Hong Kong firefighters fought a raging blaze in a building in the city’s Central district on Saturday, disrupting traffic in the main business area.
Officers were alerted to the fire at 4:24 p.m. local time in Central, at the address of Chinachem Tower, according to the South China Morning Post. The building houses 25 stories of offices and lower floors of retail shops, according to its website.