More than 40 people still missing but some bodies ‘have turned into ash’, says police chief Events
No alarms went off in any of eight towers, seven of which were ablaze during incident, with 200 still missing Events
Rescue operations ‘almost complete’ in one of the city’s deadliest ever fires Events
More than 50 people are still hospitalised, with 12 in critical and 28 in serious condition. Events
It is Hong Kong’s deadliest fire since 1948, when an explosion followed by a fire killed 135 people. Events
Flames fanned by mesh and bamboo scaffolding, with three men from construction company arrested on suspicion of manslaughter Events
The intense flames in four of the eight apartment blocks are finally extinguished and the fires in three others are under control. Events
