Death toll reaches 146 in Hong Kong apartment complex fire, with 100 people still unaccounted for. Faulty fire alarms, bamboo scaffolding and flammable foam panels are the focus of investigation.
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Death Toll in Hong Kong Fire Rises as Investigators Probe Building Safety
Over 140 people are dead and thousands displaced after a blaze ripped through a Hong Kong apartment complex on Wednesday.
Death toll from Hong Kong fire rises to 146 as more arrests are made in corruption probe
The inferno that tore through a high-rise housing complex in Hong Kong has killed at least 146 people, authorities said Sunday, with around 40 still missing. Officers had found a further 18 bodies in ...
Hong Kong fire death toll rises to 146 as China authorities warn over unrest
The disaster is the most serious fire in Hong Kong since 1948, when 176 people perished in a warehouse blaze. Businesses across the city have announced donations for victims and their families, while ...
Death toll rises to 146 in Hong Kong apartment fire: “A wake-up call for everyone”
Preliminary investigations showed the fire started Wednesday afternoon on a lower-level scaffolding net of one of the buildings, and then spread rapidly inside as the foam panels caught fire and blew ...
Death toll in Hong Kong apartment complex blaze rises to 146 as the city mourns
The death toll in Hong Kong’s apartment complex blaze rose to 146 on Sunday as investigators discovered more bodies in the burned-out buildings. A steady stream of people placed bouquets of flowers ...
Hong Kong fire death toll rises to 146 as thousands pay respects
Hong Kong's second-deadliest fire on record killed 176 people in 1948 and was caused by a ground-floor explosion at a five-storey warehouse. The most deadly was at Happy Valley Racecourse in 1918, ...
Hong Kong mourns as deadly fire claims 128 lives and sparks safety crackdown
A devastating fire in a Hong Kong apartment complex has killed at least 128 people. The blaze started Wednesday and took until Friday to extinguish.
Deadly Hong Kong Fire Is a Test of Beijing’s Rule in the City
After Beijing reshaped the political order in Hong Kong in its image, the fire has become a test of how well that new system can govern in a crisis.
Hong Kong mourns 128 victims and counting in fire; 14 arrested
The city's worst blaze in decades broke out on Nov. 26 and rapidly engulfed seven of eight buildings in an apartment complex.
China launches nationwide high-rise inspections after deadly Hong Kong fire
China will inspect high-rise buildings across the nation for fire safety, its government said on Saturday, in the wake of the deadly fire in a Hong Kong housing complex that has claimed at least 128 ...
Authorities probe corruption, negligence in Hong Kong fire that killed at least 128
Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades is raising questions about corruption and negligence in the renovations of the apartment complex where at least 128 people died.
Three days of mourning begin after Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades
At least 128 people have died and hundreds remain unaccounted for following the fire which engulfed several tower blocks.