The death toll in the catastrophic fire that swept through a Hong Kong apartment complex has climbed to 128, with around 200 people still unaccounted for, officials announced on Friday. Fire crews finally subdued the blaze 42 hours after it first erupted. At least 79 residents were injured as flames tore rapidly through several blocks […]
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Firefighters in Hong Kong were still battling a massive blaze on Thursday after a high-rise housing complex went up in flames, killing at least 55 people and leaving hundreds more missing, authorities said. The fire — the city’s deadliest in decades — erupted on Wednesday afternoon across an eight-tower residential estate containing around 2,000 flats. […]
