Skyscraper Catches Fire

An under-construction skyscraper in Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui shopping district was engulfed in flames early Friday.

• The future 42-storey Kimpton Hotel was to have 500 rooms across 340,000 square feet of interior space.

•  Two bystanders were taken to the hospital for treatment.

• Embers and burning debris rained down on the streets while firefighters worked to control the fire.

The fire broke out after midnight, and the sound of explosions was reported