Four family members, including 2-year-old girl, killed in Hong Kong housing estate blaze thought caused by short circuit

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A deadly fire at a public housing estate in Hong Kong’s Kwun Tong district on Friday morning killed four members of a single family, including a two-year-old girl, whose grandfather was left fighting for his life in hospital.

A preliminary investigation showed a short circuit in the living room of the family’s three-bedroom flat was the likely cause of the blaze, which engulfed the unit on the fifth floor of Tat Hei House, Po Tat Estate and led to the evacuation of about 180 residents, according to a police source.