US EditionAuthorities Say the Death Toll in the Hong Kong Apartment Complex Fire Has Risen to 151 After 5 More Bodies Were Found
- On Sunday, Hong Kong authorities said the death toll rose to 146 with 79 injured, as investigators found more bodies in Wang Fuk Court, Tai Po, New Territories.
- Chris Tang, Hong Kong's secretary for security, said the blaze began Wednesday on a lower-level scaffolding net and spread rapidly as flammable exterior insulation and foam panels ignited.
- Identification teams reported recovering 18 bodies from residential units, stairwells and rooftops while the Disaster Victim Identification Unit found more remains; identification of 54 bodies continues, searches ended in four of the seven affected blocks, and more than 40 people remain unaccounted for.
- Authorities ordered the suspension of 28 Prestige Construction & Engineering Company projects for safety audits after arrests of three men on suspicion of manslaughter, and additional suspects were detained.
- Deputy Financial Secretary Michael Wong Wai-lun said 1,827 survivors moved into temporary homes, and China's Ministry of Emergency Management announced nationwide high-rise fire hazard inspections.
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Hong Kong is reeling from its deadliest fire in seven decades, with at least 151 casualties. The blaze broke out last Wednesday in the Wang Fuk Court complex, and wasn’t extinguished until Friday. The…
The terrible human balance, was raised Monday to 151 deaths after the discovery of new bodies in the most deadly fire since 1948.
H.K.'s worst fire in decades leaves 151 dead as search continues
The death toll from Hong Kong's most fatal fire in decades that occurred last week has reached 151, with some 30 still unaccounted for, authorities said Monday, as they continued combing through the scorched high-rise housing complex.
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Hong Kong arrests suspects as fire death toll tops 150
Hong Kong has arrested 14 suspects in a probe into the city's deadliest fire in decades, finding "substandard" netting on building exteriors that failed to halt flames from spreading, authorities said Monday.
After the fire disaster in Hong Kong, the number of victims has continued to rise.
Hong Kong arrests 13 over Tai Po apartment fire as death toll reaches 151
Hong Kong authorities have arrested 13 people on suspicion of manslaughter in connection with last week’s devastating fire at the Wang Fuk Court estate in Tai Po, as criticism grows over the handling of the disaster
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