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Hong Kong fire toll rises to 55

Paramedics leave the still burning Wang Fuk Court residential estate in Hong Kong's Tai Po district (PHOTO: Peter PARKS/AFP)
27 Nov 2025 12:03

HONG KONG (AFP)

The death toll from a huge blaze that ripped through a Hong Kong housing estate rose to 55, the city's Fire Department officials said on Thursday. 

Fire service officials told a news conference that 51 died at the scene, while four died in the hospital. 

Officials added that blazes in four of the eight apartment blocks in the estate had been extinguished and that three fires were under control. One building was not affected.

Source: AFP
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