Death toll in Hong Kong high-rise fire rises to 36, with 279 people reported missing

By CHAN HO-HIM and KEN MORITSUGU, Associated Press
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong leader John Lee has said that 36 people were reported killed in the fire that spread through a dense high-rise residential housing complex Wednesday, and that another 279 people were reported missing.
Lee added that 29 people remained hospitalized.
He said the fire, which broke out at a residential complex in Tai Po, a suburb in the New Territories, was “coming under control” shortly past midnight.
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