"At least 36 people were killed and 279 were unaccounted for in Hong Kong after a massive fire tore through a complex of residential high-rise buildings, city leader John Lee said on Thursday. Lee said at a press briefing that 29 people were still hospitalised, with seven of them in critical condition. Since Wednesday afternoon, teams of firefighters have been attempting to douse the flames at Wang Fuk Court, a housing complex made up of eight blocks in the city's Tai Po district in the north east. The fire was still burning in the early hours of Thursday."
"Firefighters deployed 128 fire trucks and 57 ambulances to the scene. "Debris and scaffolding of the affected buildings are falling down," said deputy director of Fire Services Derek Armstrong Chan. "The temperature inside the buildings concerned (is) very high. It's difficult for us to enter the building and go upstairs to conduct firefighting and rescue operations.""
At least 36 people were killed and 279 were unaccounted for after a massive fire tore through Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po. Twenty-nine people were hospitalised, seven of them in critical condition. The blaze began Wednesday afternoon and continued into the early hours of Thursday. Firefighters raised the alarm to the highest level and deployed 128 fire trucks and 57 ambulances to the scene. Bamboo scaffolding and green construction netting on building exteriors aided the spread across multiple 31-storey towers. Falling debris and extreme interior temperatures hindered entry and rescue operations.
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