Death toll rises to 128 in Hong Kong residential fire; 8 more arrested over towers’ renovation

By DAVID RISING and CHAN HO-HIM, Associated Press
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong firefighters found dozens more bodies Friday in an intensive apartment-by-apartment search of a high-rise complex where a massive fire engulfed seven buildings, and authorities arrested another 8 people involved in the towers’ renovation. The death toll in one of the city’s deadliest blazes rose to 128, and many remain unaccounted for.
Burned buildings are seen at the scene of the fire that started Wed