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A huge fire that ripped through a Hong Kong housing estate has killed at least 36 people, city leader John Lee said on Thursday (local time), adding that 279 people were unaccounted for.
"As of now, this fire has caused the deaths of 36 people and left 279 people unaccounted for. There are 29 people still hospitalised, with seven of them in critical condition," Lee said at a press briefing in the early hours of Thursday.
The massive fire ripped through multiple high-rise residential blocks in Hong Kong's northern Tai Po district, with authorities struggling to bring the blaze under control.
Firefighters battled the orange flames into the night on Wednesday (local time) a
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