A Filipino maid and her female employer, both 59, were in critical condition after a blaze broke out in an apartment in Kowloon Tong early on Saturday. Initial investigation suggested that the fire started in a cushion that had been left near an old heater.
The blaze broke out around midnight in one of the five bedrooms of an apartment owned by a family of four in Pine Tree Garden on Ede Road in Kowloon Tong, Apple Daily reported.
Of the five bedrooms, one was used by a married couple, two rooms belonged to two daughters aged 31 and 25, one was used by a Filipino maid who had worked for the family for 20 years, and the fifth was a reading room.
The fire started in the elder daughter’s room. She tried to put out the blaze but failed, and then woke her 59-year-old mother for assistance.
The mother failed to help put out the fire and was badly injured on her hands and face in the attempt.
The family then tried to wake up the maid, but she did not respond, having fallen unconscious from smoke inhalation. The other four residents of the apartment then managed to escape, and the injured mother was sent to hospital.
Firemen put out the blaze at 2:20am after evacuating about 50 people to an open area.
The unconscious domestic worker was rescued in her room. She was sent to Kwong Wah Hospital and was in critical condition.
Omg
Ohhhhhhhh my god….lord plsss heal her…my pmlyang nghihinty s knya
So scary…. Be careful when using heater.. Must not use overnight
So sad news
Hope and pray that you are going to have a fast recovery kabayan
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pls Lord pagalingin nyo po si kbyan.
Fast recovery..God heal you..
Kawawa ka naman kabayan! Praying for your fast recovery..
The reason i dont want to use heater…
Pray she recovers.
hipuin mo po sya Panginoon ng iyong mpagpala at mkpngyarihabg kamay……
Patay na xia
We all pray for ur fast recovery kabayan and employer.
Halla patay n xa ate…huhuhu kakalungkot.
Hopefully she still be ok.im using heater for so many years but im using precaution it was in my bathroom area that Freely the air and once the room is hot I put it off
Wala na po cya binawian na po cya ng buhay kinabukasan pro naka ligtas nman ang amo niya????
Rhonalyn Adelan critical condition ikaw pinatay mo na…….agad….grabe
Allen Chen Pumanaw na daw noong sunday 8.05 ng umaga ????
Allen Chen ngbabasa k b kuya…hind ko nmn cnaba n patay n xa ahhh…ayusin ang pagbabasa po bgo sumagot
Sure ka ate patay na? Kng hnd nmn sigurado wag basta bsta mgsslita ng ganun. Sa pmilya mo kya mangyari at sbihan ng ganun,..buhay p eh pinatay na.
Cristina Cureg mgbasa k ng commnt..dba hndi nmn ako ang ngsab n patay n xa….ayan ohhhb sab pumanaw n xa ng 8.05
IKAW TALAGA SIS,Basahin mong mabuti..unconscious xa..hindi patay…
…JESUS CAN ABLE TO HEAL YOU KABABAYAN!…