33 m. ago Hong Kong fire latest: rescue crews search for survivors as death toll rises to 83 with hundreds reported missing

Three men arrested as 26 rescue teams on site at Wang Fuk Court residential apartment complex in Tai Po districtA visual guide to the fireThe death toll has risen again to 44, fire officials say.Officials said they are still having difficulties proceeding into the upper floors in some of the buildings in the residential complex as the fire continues. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Hong Kong fire latest: rescue crews search for survivors as death toll rises to 75 with hundreds reported missing

Three men arrested as 26 rescue teams on site at Wang Fuk Court residential apartment complex in Tai Po districtA visual guide to the fireThe death toll has risen again to 44, fire officials say.Officials said they are still having difficulties proceeding into the upper floors in some of the buildings in the residential complex as the fire continues. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Hong Kong fire latest: rescue crews search for survivors as death toll rises to 65 with hundreds reported missing

Three men arrested as 26 rescue teams on site at Wang Fuk Court residential apartment complex in Tai Po districtA visual guide to the fireThe death toll has risen again to 44, fire officials say.Officials said they are still having difficulties proceeding into the upper floors in some of the buildings in the residential complex as the fire continues. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Hong Kong fire latest: Death toll rises to 55 as over 279 residents still missing

Fire at apartment complex is still yet to be fully extinguished, with as many as 279 residents missing

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9 h. ago Hundreds feared dead in Hong Kong tower block inferno as maintenance negligence is blamed for the financial hub's worst fire in decades

Hundreds of people are feared to be dead after a huge blaze ripped through a Hong Kong tower block in the worst fire the financial hub has suffered in decades.

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9 h. ago Indonesia intensifies search for victims after floods and landslides kill 49 people

Rescuers are searching in rivers and the rubble of devastated villages for bodies and possible survivors after floods and landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island

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9 h. ago Hong Kong fire latest: rescue crews search for survivors after 55 killed and hundreds reported missing

Three men arrested as 26 rescue teams on site at Wang Fuk Court residential apartment complex in Tai Po district. Follow the latest updates liveReport: death toll rises as hundreds reported missingWhat we know so far about the blazeBamboo scaffolding may be to blame for spread of fireA visual guide to the fireThe death toll has risen again to 44, fire officials say.Officials said they are still having difficulties proceeding into the upper floors in some of the buildings in the residential complex as the fire continues. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Hong Kong fire latest: Death toll hits 55 with nearly 300 missing as police make arrests

Almost a day after the blaze began, firefighters battle to reach residents believed to be trapped on the upper floors of the Wang Fuk Court housing complex

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11 h. ago Hong Kong fire latest: Death toll hits 44 with nearly 300 missing as police make arrests

Almost a day after the blaze began, firefighters battle to reach residents believed to be trapped on the upper floors of the Wang Fuk Court housing complex

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17 h. ago Hong Kong fire death toll rises to 44 with 279 still missing as blaze takes hold of apartment blocks

A 37-year-old firefighter is among those to have lost their lives after the huge blaze spread across several high-rise apartment buildings, with three men reported to have been arrested

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7 d. ago More bodies found after Indonesia landslides, raising toll to 23 with 28 missing

Officials say rescuers have recovered more bodies in the search for people buried under landslides in two areas of Indonesia’s main island of Java, raising the confirmed deaths to 23

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3 w. ago Desperate search resumes for 16 still missing after fireball UPS plane crash in Louisville as death toll continues to rise

The crash in Louisville, Kentucky involved a Hawaii-bound MD-11 plane

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