Firefighters continued to battle the blaze as dusk fell, with thick black smoke billowing from the 31-storey towers, home to 2,000 residential apartments.
3 arrested in Hong Kong, as a high-rise fire leaves at least 36 dead
HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in years burned through the night, leaving at least 36 people dead and 279 reported missing with rescuers still pulling residents from blazing high-rise …
Fire engulfs high-rise housing estate, killing at least 36 in Hong Kong
Five others were injured, three of them critically, in the fire at Wang Fuk Court in the northern district of Tai Po, the Fire Services Department said.
Hong Kong high-rise fire kills 36, over 200 missing in city’s worst inferno in decades
A massive fire that tore through a residential estate in Hong Kong has killed at least 36 people and left more than 200 unaccounted for, marking the city’s deadliest blaze in decades, according to …
Hong Kong housing estate fire kills at least 36, 200-plus missing
Fire that broke out Wednesday afternoon continues to burn, with huge flames engulfing Wang Fuk Court’s eight towers …
Hong Kong tower fire toll rises to 44, police arrest three
The death toll from Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in three decades rose to 44 on Thursday as firefighters battled to extinguish a huge blaze that ripped through high-rise residential towers sheathed in …
Hong Kong residential buildings blaze kills 44, hundreds still missing
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