Man fights for life after jumping from Hong Kong flat following gas blast
Police say man, 42, had changed gas cylinder in the morning but tube was not fixed correctly, with a spark in the evening causing blast
A Hong Kong man is fighting for his life in hospital after jumping from his first-floor flat following a gas explosion that ripped through his home and blew out a window frame.
Police said the man, 42, plunged to the ground after the blast around 6.40pm on Monday at an ageing residential building at 43 Pak Tai Street in To Kwa Wan.
He remained conscious and was sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei, where he was listed as being in a critical condition on Monday night.
A twisted metal window frame was spotted on the road a few metres from where the man was lying on the pavement.
The Post learned that a passer-by heard a loud bang and, turning around, saw the window frame fall, followed by the man plunging to the ground. The passer-by called police at 6.48pm.
Paramedics who arrived at the scene applied burn dressings to the man’s face before he was taken to an ambulance on a stretcher.