Nearly 300 individuals lacking after enormous fireplace engulfs Hong Kong flats – dozens confirmed useless

At least 83 individuals have been killed, and police have made a number of arrests, after an enormous fireplace engulfed a high-rise residential advanced in Hong Kong.

Authorities mentioned almost 300 persons are additionally lacking following the blaze at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po – a suburban district with round 300,000 residents, close to the border with mainland China.

An additional 45 persons are in hospital in a vital situation, with round 900 individuals additionally in shelters on account of the blaze

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