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Hong Kong Police Chief Chow Yat-ming said the death toll from the November 26 fire in the 31-story Wang Fuk Court complex has climbed to 159. Authorities have identified 140 victims, aged between 1 and 97, while 30 people remain missing.…

The death toll from the November 26 fire at the 31-story Wang Fuk Court skyscraper in Hong Kong has climbed to 151. Police Chief Tsang Shuk-yin said 40 people remain missing and 13 suspects have been detained for “manslaughter,” noting some…

The death toll from the fire at a 31-story tower in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district has climbed to 83, authorities said. Seventy-nine victims died at the scene and four later in hospital. Police have arrested three members of Prestige…