Police: Search for Hong Kong fire victims could take weeks


TOPSHOT - This handout photo released by the Hong Kong Police Force on Sunday, November 30, 2025, shows officers from the Disaster Victims Identification Unit (DVIU) working inside an apartment block in the aftermath of a fire at the Wang Fuk Court residential estate in Hong Kong's Tai Po district. The death toll in a fire that tore through a Hong Kong residential estate this week has risen to 146, police said on November 30. -- AFP

HONG KONG (dpa): The death toll from the fire in a Hong Kong high-rise residential complex rose to 146 on Sunday, with more than 40 still missing, police in the special Chinese administrative region said.

Speaking during a press conference broadcast by public broadcaster RTHK, they said the death toll could still rise.

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