'Just silence': Families mourn elderly loved ones after Hong Kong inferno

An elderly resident gestures at a support station set up by volunteers for residents affected by the deadly fire at the Wang Fuk Court housing complex, in Hong Kong, China November 28, 2025. - Reuters

HONG KONG: The last message Chris Wong received from her 72-year-old mother was a kindly reminder to wrap up warm as colder temperatures hit Hong Kong.

A couple of hours after her post in the family WhatsApp group, the frail woman's high-rise apartment block was a towering inferno. She is among 200 people missing in a tragedy that has claimed at least 128 lives.