Dozens trapped at top of Hong Kong skyscraper as firefighters tackle blaze

Firefighters stand outside the World Trade Centre (Kin Cheung/AP)

Dozens of people were trapped on the rooftop of a Hong Kong skyscraper after a major fire broke out on Wednesday.

Firefighters battled 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.