Firefighters in Hong Kong fought for a second day Thursday to contain a high-rise apartment blaze that has become one of the cityβs deadliest in modern history, with the death toll rising to 65.
Rescuers holding flashlights were going from apartment to apartment at the charred towers as thick smoke continued to pour out from some windows at the Wang Fuk Court complex, a dense cluster of high-rise towers housing thousands of people in Tai Po district, a northern suburb near Hong Kong's border with the mainland.
It was unclear how many people were missing or trapped. Hong Kong leader John Lee said contact had been lost with 279 people early Thursday. Authorities did not provide updates on the missing people or how many were still inside the ravaged buildings Thursday during a press conference.
A latest video showed rescuers searching
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