Massive blaze at unfinished 42-story skyscraper in Hong Kong injures two
Emily Cortez
Published Jan 12, 2026
A significant fire emitted at a high rise building site in Hong Kong’s well known shopping locale on Thursday night, sending torching flotsam and jetsam onto the road underneath.
The blast broke out at the site of The Sailors’ Club redevelopment project in the thickly populated Tsim Sha Tsui locale at around 11 p.m.
Various floors of the structure were immersed on fire similar to the bamboo framework, sending consuming the air as firemen attempted to contain the burst.
Two individuals, accepted to be drivers, were taken to Sovereign Elizabeth Emergency clinic in Yau Mama Tei for treatment, Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post revealed. Their circumstances are obscure.
As the fire quickly spread, blasts could be heard. Firemen conveyed two planes to drench the flares, as indicated by the Morning Post.
The site is encircled by a retail plaza, a few lodgings and a few private and business structures that were compromised by the consuming flotsam and jetsam.
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Promotion The Chung Ruler House, the Quick East Manor and a shopping complex momentarily burst into flames however the blazes were immediately doused, the Morning Post revealed.
A private structure near the scene must be emptied, police said, yet specialists have not said the number of individuals that were impacted.
The redevelopment project embraced by the Domain Gathering was to fabricate a 42-story, 340,000-square-foot building landmark to house the notable club and a new, 500-room Kimpton Inn, its site said.
Commercial The club, worked for Hongkongers and unfamiliar mariners, initially opened in 1967, and was wrecked in 2018, as per the South China Morning Post. Being finished last year was booked.