HONG KONG (AP) — The death toll of Hong Kong’s high-rise apartment blaze rose to 159 on Wednesday, as authorities arrested six people on suspicion of deactivating some fire alarms during maintenance ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Flames and thick smoke rise from multiple residential blocks at the Wang Fuk Court housing complex during a deadly ...

HONG KONG — Uncomfortable questions are being raised over who is to blame for Hong Kong’s deadliest blaze in decades. As the territory mourns over the high-rise apartment fire that killed at least 156 ...

HONG KONG — A massive fire that tore through a Hong Kong apartment complex, killing more than 150 people, has ignited an upsurge in public anger that is testing Beijing’s control of the Chinese ...

Smoke and flames rise as a fire engulfs several apartment blocks at the Wang Fuk Court residential estate in Hong Kong on Nov. 26, 2025. Reporter Hong Kong put out one fire. Now it’s dealing with the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Birds fly past the fire-damaged residential blocks at Wang Fuk Court housing estate after a major blaze that killed numerous ...

As workers erected bamboo scaffolding around Hong Kong’s Wang Fuk Court last year, a group of residents grew alarmed about plans to put styrofoam boards over windows to protect the glass. On a ...