<p>Seven people were killed and several others were injured when a blaze tore through an apartment in Hong Kong on Sunday, the deadliest fire to hit the finance hub in nearly a decade.</p>.<p>The Government Information Service said 17 victims were taken to hospital after the fire broke out in Jordan district shortly after 8:30 pm (1230 GMT). Seven died while seven others were listed as being in critical condition.</p>.<p>Live television images showed paramedics and firefighters frantically trying to perform chest compression on unconscious victims in the street outside the apartment block.</p>.<p>The <em>South China Morning Post</em> said the fire was the worst since a 2011 blaze that killed nine people.</p>.<p>Hong Kong has some of the world's most densely populated -- and tallest -- apartment blocks.</p>.<p>Deadly fires used to be a regular scourge, especially in poorer neighbourhoods.</p>.<p>But in recent decades safety measures have been ramped up and such fires have become much less commonplace.</p>
<p>Seven people were killed and several others were injured when a blaze tore through an apartment in Hong Kong on Sunday, the deadliest fire to hit the finance hub in nearly a decade.</p>.<p>The Government Information Service said 17 victims were taken to hospital after the fire broke out in Jordan district shortly after 8:30 pm (1230 GMT). Seven died while seven others were listed as being in critical condition.</p>.<p>Live television images showed paramedics and firefighters frantically trying to perform chest compression on unconscious victims in the street outside the apartment block.</p>.<p>The <em>South China Morning Post</em> said the fire was the worst since a 2011 blaze that killed nine people.</p>.<p>Hong Kong has some of the world's most densely populated -- and tallest -- apartment blocks.</p>.<p>Deadly fires used to be a regular scourge, especially in poorer neighbourhoods.</p>.<p>But in recent decades safety measures have been ramped up and such fires have become much less commonplace.</p>