Hundreds rescued from roof as fire hits Hong Kong shopping centre

Thirteen taken to hospital after blaze that reportedly broke out in an electrical switch room

Firefighters have rescued 350 people who were trapped on the roof of a shopping centre and office complex in Hong Kong after a fire broke out in one of the city's busiest shopping districts.

Smoke started billowing from the World Trade Centre in the Causeway Bay district at about noon on Wednesday. Firefighters battling the blaze with two water jets extinguished it at about 4.30pm.