A huge blaze has reportedly trapped 300 inside the Hong Kong World Trade Centre.
Firefighters are battling to put out the blaze which started in the early afternoon at the World Trade Centre on Gloucester Road in the city's popular Causeway Bay shopping district.
The 38-storey building houses both offices and a shopping centre.
It is believed at least eight people have been injured aged between 31 and 72.
Firefighters used an extendable ladder to rescue several people who were trapped on the lower floors of the building.
Other people were said to be trapped in restaurants in the mall, according to the South China Morning Post newspaper.
The fire was upgraded to a level three incident, according to a police notice. Fires are graded on a scale of one to five, with five being the most severe.
Firefighters have mobilised two breathing apparatus teams and two water jets to help fight the fire, police said.
The fire reportedly broke out at 12:37pm local time (04:37 GMT) in an electrical switch room.
It is then believed to have spread through the scaffolding of the huge building.
Citizen News, citing a police officer at the scene, said 100 people were waiting to be rescued on a platform on the fifth floor of the building.
The fire was upgraded to a level three incident on the five level scale, according to a police notice.
