Hong Kong fire: Day 2 as it happened - death toll passes 70 as rescue operations continue into the night
Rescue work carried on into the night, more than 24 hours after a high-rise housing complex in Hong Kong's Tai Po district went up in flames.
Firefighters continue efforts to extinguish a deadly fire, which broke out yesterday at Wang Fuk Court housing complex, in Hong Kong, China on Nov 27, 2025. (Photo: Reuters/Maxim Shemetov)
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HONG KONG: Firefighting and rescue operations are continuing into the night on the second day of an inferno that ravaged seven of eight towers at a residential complex in Hong Kong's northern New Territories.
As of 10pm on Thursday (Nov 27), the death toll stands at 75, with more than 70 injured.
Hundreds more remain unaccounted for.
Catch up on what happened on day two of Hong Kong's worst fire in decades.
