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Death Toll from High-Rise Fire Climbs to 36 as 3 Are Arrested on Suspicion of Manslaughter

The Hong Kong blaze is the city's deadliest since the Garley Building fire in Kowloon in November 1996, which killed 41 people Peter PARKS / AFP via Getty The death toll in the Hong Kong high-rise ...
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Hong Kong leader John Lee says 36 killed in high-rise apartment fires, with 279 people reported missing

HONG KONG(AP) — Hong Kong leader John Lee says 36 killed in high-rise apartment fires, with 279 people reported missing.
Iowa Public Radio

Death toll in Hong Kong high-rise fire rises to 146, with dozens still missing

HONG KONG — A massive fire tore through a high-rise housing complex in Hong Kong on Wednesday into Friday, in one of the region's deadliest blazes in decades. Hong Kong authorities say at least 146 ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

Death toll in Hong Kong high-rise fire rises to 36, with 279 reported missing

A massive fire tore through a high-rise housing complex in Hong Kong on Wednesday, in one of the region's deadliest blazes in decades. Hong Kong authorities say at least 36 people have died in the ...
UPI

Hong Kong chief executive orders committee to probe high rise fire

Dec. 2 (UPI) --Hong Kong's leader, John Lee, on Tuesday, ordered the creation of an independent committee to investigate a high-rise fire that killed more than 150 people. The committee will be led by ...