28-11-2025 03:03 via article.wn.com

Hong Kong nears end of search and rescue mission as tower fire toll rises to 94

HONG KONG – Hong Kong fire authorities said they expected to wrap up search and rescue operations after the city’s worst fire in nearly 80 years tore through a massive apartment complex on Friday, killing at least 94 people and leaving scores more missing. Soon after dawn on Friday, firefighters had mostly contained the blaze that destroyed the Wang Fuk Court housing complex in the northern district of Tai Po. The eight-tower estate housing more than 4,600 people had been undergoing
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