Hong Kong, Nov 26, 2025 (AFP) - Hong Kong housing estate fire kills at least 36, 200-plus missing

NAMPA / AFP
2025-11-26
A huge fire that engulfed a Hong Kong residential estate has killed at least 36 people and left more than 200 unaccounted for in the city's worst blaze in decades. The fire, which started on Wednesday afternoon and was still burning in the early hours of Thursday, shocked the Chinese financial hub, which has some of the world's most densely populated and tallest apartment blocks. Huge flames first took hold on bamboo scaffolding on several apartm......
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