Associated Press Firefighters work to extinguish a fire which broke out at Wang Fuk Court, a residential estate in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong's New Territories, Wednesday, Nov. 26 2025.

A deadly fire swept through seven high-rise buildings in Hong Kong, killing at least 44 people and leaving 279 missing. Hundreds were evacuated as authorities raised a level-5 alarm and confirmed the ...

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 ...