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Hong Kong in mourning as fire death toll climbs to 146

Hong Kong in mourning as fire death toll climbs to 146

Crowds of mourners gathered on Sunday across Hong Kong including thousands near the apartment blocks that were engulfed in flames earlier this week, killing at least 146 people in the city's deadliest fire in decades.
'We feel so small': Stunned mourners gather outside ruins of Hong Kong housing estate blaze

'We feel so small': Stunned mourners gather outside ruins of Hong Kong housing estate blaze

Authorities probe corruption and negligence in Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades

Authorities probe corruption and negligence in Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades

Hong Kong fire death toll rises to 128 as search teams uncover more bodies

Hong Kong fire death toll rises to 128 as search teams uncover more bodies

Hong Kong firefighters found dozens more bodies Friday during an intensive apartment-by-apartment search of a high-rise tower complex, after a massive fire engulfed seven of its eight buildings. The death toll in one of the city’s deadliest blazes is now at least 128.
November 28, 2025 | 01:48 am PT
37-year-old firefighter killed fighting Hong Kong apartment blaze was to be married next month

37-year-old firefighter killed fighting Hong Kong apartment blaze was to be married next month

Ho Wai Ho, a firefighter confirmed as one of the casualties of the blaze that engulfed Hong Kong’s Wang Fuk Court apartment complex, was due to marry his girlfriend of more than 10 years next month.
November 28, 2025 | 12:37 am PT
Hong Kong's worst fire in decades sparks urgent questions over bamboo-scaffolding safety

Hong Kong's worst fire in decades sparks urgent questions over bamboo-scaffolding safety

Hong Kong's deadliest fire in three decades has highlighted its risky use of flammable bamboo scaffolding and mesh for building work in a tradition dating back centuries to mainland China.
November 27, 2025 | 05:15 am PT
Firefighters determined to charge into flames during Hong Kong fire

Firefighters determined to charge into flames during Hong Kong fire

A Hong Kong firefighter told his wife he had “no choice but to go in” as he prepared to enter the blaze that broke out at a housing complex in the city’s Tai Po District on Wednesday.
November 27, 2025 | 04:59 am PT
Miss Hong Kong Lisa-Marie Tse says grandmother's home destroyed in deadly Tai Po fire

Miss Hong Kong Lisa-Marie Tse says grandmother's home destroyed in deadly Tai Po fire

Lisa-Marie Tse, Miss Hong Kong 2020, revealed that her grandmother's home was among those destroyed in the massive fire that broke out in a housing complex in Tai Po District on Wednesday.
November 27, 2025 | 12:44 am PT
8 Hong Kong residential towers consumed in deadly fire

8 Hong Kong residential towers consumed in deadly fire

A massive blaze tore through all eight towers of Hong Kong’s Wang Fuk Court complex, killing 44 people and injuring dozens in the city’s worst fire since 2008.
November 26, 2025 | 06:15 pm PT
Hong Kong high-rise fire kills at least 44, still burning

Hong Kong high-rise fire kills at least 44, still burning

The death toll from a high-rise fire in Hong Kong has risen to at least 44, officials said Thursday as the blaze still smoldered and police said three suspects were arrested.
November 26, 2025 | 05:04 am PT
Fire in Hong Kong's busy Kowloon kills five

Fire in Hong Kong's busy Kowloon kills five

A fire broke out in a residential building in Hong Kong's bustling Kowloon district on Wednesday, killing five people and injuring 19, the city's hospital authority and fire services said.
April 9, 2024 | 09:04 pm PT
 
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