Hong Kong flat gutted by fire after phone charger overheats during the night

Smoke billows out of the window of a second floor flat in Tin Shui Wai. Photo: Facebook

HONG KONG: At least 12 people were taken to hospital after a fire broke out in a public housing estate in Hong Kong's New Territories on Saturday morning.

Fire burned through the second floor flat in Tin Yan Estate, Tin Shui Wai, at 7am.

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