Death toll in Hong Kong high-rise fire rises to 36, with 279 people reported missing
Smoke rises after a fire broke out at Wang Fuk Court, a residential estate in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong's New Territories on Wednesday, Nov. 26 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong leader John Lee has said that 36 people were reported killed in the fire that spread through a dense high-rise residential housing complex Wednesday, and that another 279 people were reported missing.
Lee added that 29 people remained hospitalized.
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