HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong police said on Thursday the death toll in a fire that ripped through residential blocks in the city had risen to 40, with 45 people still in a critical condition. A massive fire ripped through multiple high-rise residential blocks in Hong Kong's northern Tai Po district on Wednesday,

Several people were killed and trapped inside a burning housing complex in Tai Po, Hong Kong. Footage shows Wang Fuk Court going up in flames.

At least 44 people are dead, and hundreds are still missing, after a massive fire at a high-rise apartment complex in Hong Kong. Three people have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter in connection to the fire.

At least four people were killed when a fire engulfed several high-rise blocks in Hong Kong residential estate Wang Fuk Court.

A fire engulfed a residential building in Hong Kong's northern Tai Po district on Wednesday, with plumes of thick grey smoke billowing out as emergency services battled to subdue the blaze. Several people are trapped inside,

At least 36 people are dead and over 250 are unaccounted for after a devastating fire ripped through an high-rise apartment complex in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in years burned through the night, leaving at least 44 people dead and 279 reported missing with rescuers still pulling residents from blazing high-rise apartment buildings into the morning.