Authorities said the blaze, which broke out in Yau Ma Tei at 5.06pm on Monday and caught the attention of onlookers on both sides of Victoria Harbour, was largely extinguished at 7.17am on Tuesday.

When she was in Form Four, her teacher encouraged her to join the ST Yau High School Science Award (Asia), a research-based competition that aimed to nurture students’ passion for the sciences.