LONDON — The loss of life toll following an enormous fireplace that ripped by way of 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 stated they aren’t ruling out the likelihood that the variety of useless from the hearth would enhance.
Cops from the Catastrophe Sufferer Identification Unit (DVIU), wearing white-coloured full-body protecting gear, stroll previous the housing blocks of Wang Fuk Courtroom 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 lady prays earlier than providing flowers outdoors the Wang Fuk Courtroom 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 large fireplace engulfed the Wang Fuk Courtroom, a residential condo complicated in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district, on Wednesday afternoon, officers stated. Inside hours it was upgraded to a No. 5 alarm, metropolis officers stated.
A lady locations flowers in entrance of a fire-damaged residential blocks at Wang Fuk Courtroom 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 answerable for the renovation on the housing complicated have been arrested and have been underneath investigation in reference to the hearth, Hong Kong police stated 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 will even have the chance to signal condolence books for the victims.
“Throughout this era, authorities officers is not going to attend non-essential public actions. All leisure and celebration actions organized or funded by the federal government shall be cancelled or postponed as applicable,” officers stated.
