Boy, 13, rescued after climbing onto air-conditioning unit to escape fire in flat
Por Kristen Cheung — South China Morning Post – News feed
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Hong Kong firefighters rescue boy who was home alone on Wednesday night, while his mother has been arrested on suspicion of child neglect
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Kristen Cheung Published: 9:57am, 8 Oct 2026 Updated: 9:59am, 8 Oct 2026
Hong Kong firefighters have rescued a 13-year-old boy who climbed out a window onto the air-conditioning unit to escape a fire that broke out in his flat, while his mother has been arrested on suspicion of child neglect.
Police received reports at 7.54pm on Wednesday that a fire had broken out in a flat at Tsui To House, one of the blocks of Tsui Ping (North) Estate in Kwun Tong.
Online footage showed the boy, wearing only his underwear, climbing out of a window and onto the condenser unit as thick black smoke filled the flat.
Firefighters deployed a ladder to reach the boy and pulled him to safety. Around 70 residents were evacuated. The blaze was extinguished at about 8.25pm.
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