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A massive fire tore through a residential complex in Hong Kong on Wednesday. LONDON -- The death toll following a massive fire that ripped through several Hong Kong high-rises has climbed to 146 ...

At least 146 people are now known to have died in the devastating fire that tore through high-rise buildings in Hong Kong on Wednesday. Police announced the new death toll on Sunday, cautioning that ...

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HONG KONG — The inferno that tore through a high-rise housing estate in Hong Kong has killed at least 128 people, authorities said Friday, with some 200 people still missing and eight more arrested.

Some 279 people have been reported missing. LONDON -- The death toll from the massive fire at a residential apartment complex in Hong Kong rose to 128 on Friday, as search and rescue efforts continued ...