{"id":300420,"date":"2025-11-30T18:04:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T18:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-one-man-escaped-from-hong-kongs-deadliest-fire-in-decades\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T18:04:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T18:04:56","slug":"how-one-man-escaped-from-hong-kongs-deadliest-fire-in-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-one-man-escaped-from-hong-kongs-deadliest-fire-in-decades\/","title":{"rendered":"How one man escaped from Hong Kong\u2019s deadliest fire in decades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/CkU_bUBLlt0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How one man escaped from Hong Kong\u2019s deadliest fire in decades\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CkU_bUBLlt0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>When flames tore through the Wang Fuk Court estate in Tai Po, Hong Kong, William Li had no warning. 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