A fire ravaged a highrise Hong Kong housing complex on Wednesday, killing four people and leaving others trapped inside, authorities said.

The Hong Kong government reported four deaths and said three other people were hospitalized. Two of the injured were in critical condition and the other person was stable, a brief statement said.

Hong Kong media said that one of the deceased was a firefighter, but that could not be immediately confirmed.

Smoke rises and surrounds multiple buildings in the residential complex as night begins to fall Wednesday in Tai Po district. (Chan Long Hei/The Associated Press)

Wang Fuk Court is a housing complex made up of eight blocks, providing close to 2,000 residential units. Several towers have bamboo scaffolding on their exterior.

Police said they had r

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