Power outage strands 600 residents at Tin Chung Court

A suspected equipment failure at an electrical meter room caused a building-wide blackout at Tin Chung Court in Tin Shui Wai on Sunday night, forcing nearly 200 residents to evacuate in darkness.
Multiple residents of Chung Ki House reported hearing a loud bang from the ground floor meter room around 8:00pm, followed by a strong burning smell and the immediate loss of all power to the residential block.
Firefighters arrived on the scene with one jet and a breathing apparatus team after receiving reports of smoke billowing from the facility.
No injuries were reported as residents helped each other down darkened stairwells to reach safety.