Some 250 evacuate over Ping Tin Estate fire, one hospitalized

A 68-year-old man was sent to hospital and some 250 residents evacuated after a fire broke out at Ping Wong House, Pin Ting Estate in Lam Tin in the early hours on Saturday. 

The blaze broke out at around 1.41 am today as police received multiple reports saying that there was a fire at a flat on the 1/F. 

Firefighters soon came and put out the fire about 40 minutes later. They also rescued the 68-year-old male tenant surnamed Yeung. 

After preliminary investigation, firefighters attributed the fire to a short circuit of the massage chair and found no evidence that suggested criminal elements. 

Yeung felt unwell after inhaling the smoke and was sent to United Christian Hospital. 

Some 250 residents evacuated on their own and no other injuries were reported. 

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