Almost 280 folks lacking after enormous hearth engulfs Hong Kong flats – dozens confirmed useless

Three folks have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter over a lethal hearth which engulfed a high-rise residential complicated in Hong Kong.

Authorities say at the least 44 folks, together with one firefighter, have been killed and about 279 are nonetheless lacking from the blaze at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po – a suburban district with round 300,000 residents within the metropolis’s north, close to the border with mainland China.

An additional 45 are in hospital in a important situation, with round 900 folks additionally in shelters.

"The priority is to extinguish the fire and rescue the residents who are trapped," Hong Kong chief John Lee mentioned throughout an early morning information convention.

"The second is to support the injured. The third is to support and recover. Then, we’ll launch a thorough investigation."

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