Hong-kong-apartment-fires Articles

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December 04, 2025

Hong Kong warns ‘external forces’ working to exploit apartment fire, as death toll rises to 159

Police say number of dead may still be revised as ‘suspected human bones’ found during search require forensic testingHong Kong and Beijing officials...

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December 02, 2025

Hong Kong responds to disaster differently from Beijing – but the gulf is narrowing

Independent inquiry into fire and media questions to leader would not happen in mainland China, but crackdown on dissent has begunAs Hong Kong

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December 01, 2025

Hong Kong arrests 13 on suspicion of manslaughter over apartment fires

Authorities face growing criticism for detaining at least two civilians who have called for accountabilityAuthorities in Hong Kong have arrested 13...

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November 30, 2025

Hong Kong mourns as apartment fire death toll rises to 146

Rescue teams find more bodies in burnt-out buildings of Wang Fuk Court complex after Wednesday’s fireThe death toll in Hong Kong’s apartment complex...

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November 30, 2025

Anger mounts in Hong Kong over apartment fires as Beijing warns against ‘anti-China disruptors’

Police on Saturday detained one person who was part of a group that launched a petition demanding accountabilityAnger over a deadly blaze at a

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November 29, 2025

Hong Kong begins three days of mourning after deadly apartment fires

Families are combing hospitals hoping to find their loved ones as about 200 people still listed as missing, and at least 128 killedAn outpouring of...

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November 28, 2025

Hong Kong community groups deliver aid to survivors of Wang Fuk Court fire

Volunteers that emerged during the pro-democracy protests regroup to help those affected by the blazeHong Kong’s grassroots community groups have...

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November 28, 2025

Rescue operations at Hong Kong apartment complex ‘almost complete’, as death toll reaches 128

Firefighters comb through high-rises with as many as 200 people still missing, officials announce

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November 27, 2025

‘There should have been an alarm’: in air thick with acrid smoke, people in Hong Kong are reeling and angry

As apartment complex still blazes more than 24 hours after fire began, police suspect cause is owing to ‘grossly negligent’ action

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November 27, 2025

Death toll in Hong Kong tower block fire rises to 44 with hundreds still missing

Three arrests made after huge blaze broke out at Wang Fuk Court residential complex in Tai Po district on Wednesday

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