Hong Kong woman fights for life after suffering multiple burns in flat fire, husband also injured


A Hong Kong woman is fighting for her life in hospital after suffering multiple burns in a fire thought to have been caused by a gas leak at her Shau Kei Wan flat.

Her husband, 65, suffered burns to his face and hands while using a blanket to douse the flames at their flat on Shau Kei Wan Main Street East at daybreak on Wednesday, according to police.

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