Hong Kong authorities say some of the netting on buildings that caught fire last week did not meet codes for fire resistance.

As the death toll in the Hong Kong apartment complex fire tops 150, Chinese authorities seek to stifle criticism amid new revelations of safety violations.

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 the Wang Fuk Court tower complex, officials said, as the fallout continues following the deadliest blaze in the Chinese territory in seven decades.

HONG KONG -- A steady stream of people placed bouquets of white roses, carnations, lilies and other flowers Sunday at a makeshift memorial outside the blackened buildings of a Hong Kong apartment complex that went up in flames, killing at least 128 people in one of the city's deadliest blazes.

Over 140 people are dead and thousands displaced after a blaze ripped through a Hong Kong apartment complex on Wednesday.

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.

LONDON -- The death toll following a massive fire that ripped through several Hong Kong high-rises has climbed to 146 people, the Hong Kong police on Sunday. Speaking at a news conference, the police said they are not ruling out the possibility that the number of dead from the fire would increase.

Hong Kong authorities pressed ahead on Monday with combing the remaining apartment towers destroyed by a massive fire at a housing estate that killed at least 146 people and displaced hundreds now adjusting to life in temporary housing.