LONDON — The demise toll following a massive fire that ripped by a number of Hong Kong high-rises has climbed to 146 folks, the Hong Kong police on Sunday.
Talking at a information convention, the police mentioned they don’t seem to be ruling out the likelihood that the variety of lifeless from the hearth would enhance.
Law enforcement officials from the Catastrophe Sufferer Identification Unit (DVIU), wearing white-coloured full-body protecting gear, stroll previous the housing blocks of Wang Fuk Court docket within the aftermath of the lethal Nov. 26 fireplace, in Hong Kong on Nov. 29, 2025.
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With an “optimistic” estimation, the police added that the time for the search and operations is three to 4 weeks.
A girl prays earlier than providing flowers outdoors the Wang Fuk Court docket within the aftermath of the lethal November 26 fireplace in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district on Nov. 29, 2025.
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The huge fireplace engulfed the Wang Fuk Court docket, a residential house complicated in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district, on Wednesday afternoon, officers mentioned. Inside hours it was upgraded to a No. 5 alarm, metropolis officers mentioned.
A lady locations flowers in entrance of a fire-damaged residential blocks at Wang Fuk Court docket housing complicated to pay tribute to victims, following a lethal fireplace, in Tai Po, Hong Kong, China, Nov. 30, 2025.
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Three males related to the development agency accountable for the renovation on the housing complicated have been arrested and have been beneath investigation in reference to the hearth, Hong Kong police mentioned throughout a press convention on Thursday morning.
Officers in Hong Kong introduced Friday there could be three days of mourning for the victims.
From Nov. 29 to Dec. 1, nationwide flags shall be flown at half-mast and there shall be a three-minute second of silence on Nov. 29 at 8 a.m. Residents may even have the chance to signal condolence books for the victims.
“Throughout this era, authorities officers won’t attend non-essential public actions. All leisure and celebration actions organized or funded by the federal government shall be cancelled or postponed as acceptable,” officers mentioned.
