The apartment complex had eight towers with roughly 4,600 total residents.
The deadly fire that ripped through the Wang Fuk Court apartment complex in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district has claimed the lives of dozens, displaced hundreds, and led to the arrests of three local executives.
At least 75 people have died from the fire, which began Wednesday afternoon, local time, and eventually tore through seven of the complex’s eight towers. Roughly 4,600 people live in the complex, and nearly 300 are still missing, and 76 are injured, Hong Kong leaders have said.
Among the injured, 11 are firefighters, and Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region John Lee Ka-chiu said at least one firefighter has died as a result of the blaze.
