Overview
- Fire services said 28 people were treated, with nine deaths at the scene and four later in hospital.
- A 37-year-old firefighter was found with severe burns and was declared dead on arrival at hospital.
- The blaze, classified as a category five incident, involved burning bamboo scaffolding around multiple towers.
- Police reported firefighters were unable to enter some buildings as thick smoke engulfed at least five of the eight blocks.
- Sections of a nearby highway were closed and police began evacuating other residential buildings as the cause remained undetermined.