Rising death toll in Hong Kong’s ‘avoidable’ fire

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Recorded28 Nov 2025

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At least 128 people have died and 200 people are still missing. It's the city's deadliest fire in 70 years, and it ripped through a housing complex with 8 tower blocks and about 2000 apartments. An early theory is that construction materials used for a renovation fuelled the blaze.

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