Hong Kong girl, 17, rescued from fire ‘likely caused by power bank’

A 17-year-old Hong Kong girl was rescued on Wednesday after a fire, believed to have been caused by a power bank, broke out in a flat in Tsuen Wan.

Fire Services received a report at 7.59am that smoke had been seen coming out from the flat at Hoi Kwai Mansion of Riviera Gardens.

Firefighters then broke into the flat and saved the girl, who was sent to Yan Chai Hospital in Tsuen Wan for smoke inhalation.

The Fire Services Department said the fire, suspected to have been triggered by a power bank, had been deemed not suspicious.