<p>HongKong: A fire in a residential building in Hong Kong's bustling Kowloon district disrupted morning rush hour traffic on Wednesday, authorities said, in a rare incident in the global financial hub that killed five people and injured more than a dozen.</p><p>People inside the building waved towels at windows to signal for rescue, broadcaster RTHK said, adding that the fire had started at a gym there. Some surrounding roads had to be sealed off.</p> .New Hong Kong national security law comes into force amid international criticism.<p>The blaze, rated three in the city's five-grade system, was doused by 8:54 a.m. (0054 GMT), an hour after fire services were alerted to the fire in Jordan, an area teeming with homes and offices across the harbour from the city's financial centre.</p><p>At least six of the injured were in serious condition, the hospital authority said, with one critical.</p><p>Fire fighters were still battling on Wednesday to put out a separate massive blaze 15 hours after it erupted at a building site in the northern New Territories, a fire services spokesperson said, but no casualties were reported.</p>
<p>HongKong: A fire in a residential building in Hong Kong's bustling Kowloon district disrupted morning rush hour traffic on Wednesday, authorities said, in a rare incident in the global financial hub that killed five people and injured more than a dozen.</p><p>People inside the building waved towels at windows to signal for rescue, broadcaster RTHK said, adding that the fire had started at a gym there. Some surrounding roads had to be sealed off.</p> .New Hong Kong national security law comes into force amid international criticism.<p>The blaze, rated three in the city's five-grade system, was doused by 8:54 a.m. (0054 GMT), an hour after fire services were alerted to the fire in Jordan, an area teeming with homes and offices across the harbour from the city's financial centre.</p><p>At least six of the injured were in serious condition, the hospital authority said, with one critical.</p><p>Fire fighters were still battling on Wednesday to put out a separate massive blaze 15 hours after it erupted at a building site in the northern New Territories, a fire services spokesperson said, but no casualties were reported.</p>