As firefighters sought to extinguish fires still burning on a few floors in two blocks at Hong Kong ’s Tai Po housing estate on Thursday night, the death toll continued to climb. Each hour brought fresh grief as relatives learned of the deaths of their loved ones and more distress to those waiting to hear from the missing.

Hong Kong authorities say at least 94 people have died killed in the fire that spread through a dense high-rise residential housing complex Wednesday.

The towering inferno that burnt down multiple high-rises and killed dozens of people in Hong Kong was fuelled by highly flammable scaffolding material, fire safety experts said. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

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Hong Kong police arrested the bosses of a construction company on suspicion of manslaughter on Thursday over the city's worst fire in nearly 80 years, which killed at least 75 people with 300 still listed as missing.

Hong Kong experienced its deadliest fire in nearly 80 years, with 94 confirmed dead and dozens missing after a massive apartment complex blaze. Rescue efforts continue as authorities investigate construction officials for negligence.

An architect has been selected to design a memorial on the site of the Grenfell Tower. The west London building - where a deadly fire broke out in June 2017, claiming the lives of 72 people - is currently being brought down floor-by-floor.

A huge fire still burning in a Hong Kong apartment complex that has killed at least 44 people has left nearly 300 missing. The latest fire has prompted comparisons to the Grenfell Tower inferno that killed 72 people in London in 2017.