A 78-year-old man died after a fire broke out at a public housing unit in Lai King on Wednesday. Fire services were alerted to the blaze at the Kai Him Lau flat in Cho Yiu Chuen around 12.40pm. The fire was put out shortly after firefighters arrived. The man was found dead inside the fire-ravaged flat. No other people were reported injured. Police said the cause of the fire is still being investigated.