HONG KONG, June 24, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying speaks at a press conference in Hong Kong, south China, June 23, 2016. Firefighters on Friday struggled to contain the deadly blaze at a multi-storey industrial building in Hong Kong's East Kowloon area, which has raged for nearly 72 hours, killing two firemen and injuring 12 others. Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said late Thursday that he was saddened to see the loss of lives and injuries suffered on the part of the fire services colleagues. (Xinhua/Lui Siu Wai)
HONG KONG, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Firefighters on Friday struggled to contain the deadly blaze at a multi-storey industrial building in Hong Kong's East Kowloon area, which has raged for nearly 72 hours, killing two firemen and injuring 12 others.
The second victim, 37, surnamed Hui, was killed on Thursday evening.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said late Thursday that he was saddened to see the loss of lives and injuries suffered on the part of the fire services colleagues.
The No. 4 alarm fire broke out at a self-storage unit in an industrial building on Tuesday morning. Fire personnel are now fighting the blaze by using nine jets, five ground monitors, four turntable ladder monitors and mobilizing 38 fire engines and four ambulances.
At a press conference late Thursday, Director of the Fire Services Department David Lai Man-hin said the biggest challenge at the moment was to break into more than 200 mini-storage cubicles that have caught fire.
