Hundreds evacuated after power bank fires in Hong Kong Metro; incident near famous wholesale food market


HONG KONG (Bernama-Agencies): Hundreds of passengers were evacuated from Hong Kong’s MTR network on Friday morning following two separate incidents in which power banks caught fire, citing public broadcaster RTHK.

The first incident occurred at Tsuen Wan West Station, where about 400 passengers were evacuated after smoke was seen inside one train carriage, reported Anadolu Ajansi (AA).

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