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Injured residents were rescued successively from the No. 5 alarm fire at Wang Fuk Court on Thursday morning and transported to Prince of Wales Hospital in Shatin.
The fire, which began shortly before 3pm on Wednesday (Nov 26), was upgraded to the highest alarm level at 6.22pm and has yet to be fully extinguished.
At the entrance of the hospital's emergency room, it was observed that the injured residents' faces and hands were blackened by smoke.
The "priority 1" designations on their chests indicated they were categorized as urgent cases.
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