Family of 4 pulled from burning flat in Hong Kong's Mong Kok district
Firefighters found three of them – a man in his eighties, one in his forties and the boy – unconscious in the flat in an old residential building on Sai Yee Street near Argyle Street shortly after the blaze was reported at around 11.10pm.
A woman in her seventies was also rescued but remained conscious.
All four were rushed to either Kwong Wah Hospital or Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei for treatment.
Firefighters put out the blaze by around 11.49pm. Two cats were reportedly found dead in the flat in Kin Wong Mansion, built in 1963.
A police spokesman said preliminary reports indicated the fire might have been caused by an air-conditioning unit.
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