{"id":71867,"date":"2026-09-16T14:21:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T06:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/09\/16\/over-100-evacuated-after-suspected-gas-leak-at-princess-margaret-hospital\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T14:21:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T06:21:00","slug":"over-100-evacuated-after-suspected-gas-leak-at-princess-margaret-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/09\/16\/over-100-evacuated-after-suspected-gas-leak-at-princess-margaret-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 100 evacuated after suspected gas leak at Princess Margaret Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than 100 people were evacuated from Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung on Wednesday morning (Sep 16) after an unusual smell was detected.  Hospital staff reported the smell at around 9am in Block G, prompting police and firefighters to attend and search for its source<br \/>The evacuation covered floors 12 to 14, with 105 people \u2014 50 men and 55 women \u2014 evacuated.<br \/>The Hospital Authority said the affected floors house the hospital&#8217;s pathology department and have no patient services or treatment facilities.<br \/>Staff and visitors working on the affected floors were evacuated. The hospital and Fire Services Department are investigating the source of the unknown gas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 100 people were evacuated from Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung on Wednesday morning (Sep 16) after an unusual smell was detected. Hospital staff reported the smell at around 9am in Block G, prompting police and firefighters to attend and search for its sourceThe evacuation covered floors 12 to 14, with 105 people [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Over 100 evacuated after suspected gas leak at Princess Margaret Hospital - Metro Plus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/09\/16\/over-100-evacuated-after-suspected-gas-leak-at-princess-margaret-hospital\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Over 100 evacuated after suspected gas leak at Princess Margaret Hospital - Metro Plus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"More than 100 people were evacuated from Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung on Wednesday morning (Sep 16) after an unusual smell was detected. 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