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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.
Over 140 people are dead and thousands displaced after a blaze ripped through a Hong Kong apartment complex on Wednesday.
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.
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.
Donations for victims of a Hong Kong fire that killed at least 146 people and left thousands homeless reached 900 million Hong Kong dollars (US$115 million), authorities said Monday, in a massive outpouring of sympathy and support.
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 say almost 130 people have been confirmed dead in the massive fire that charred an apartment complex and took two days to put out.
Hong Kong's retail sales by value rose 6.9% in October from a year earlier, the sixth month of gains, as recovery in retail sales gathered strength and sales of most broad retail outlet types continued to grow,
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