Approximately 200 residents in Wong Tai Sin’s Choi Hung Estate were evacuated at around 5.29am today after a charging mini-segway exploded and reportedly caused a fire.
Oriental Daily reports that the device, also known as a ‘hoverboard’, apparently began short-circuiting and emitting sparks within one of the units this morning, before residents set off the fire alarm.
Fire officers arrived swiftly to fight the blaze and reportedly rescued seven residents from inside the building as other residents waited for the flames to die down.
No injuries have been reported, and the cause is not believed to be suspicious.
Mini-segways were banned in Hong Kong late last month after the Transport Department deemed them unsafe for users and others around them. They are legal to operate within the confines of private apartments and certain “non-road places”, provided no other laws are being broken, however many public parks have outlawed their use.
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