Death toll rises to 55 as blaze rips through Hong Kong tower complex

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Death toll rises to 55 as blaze rips through Hong Kong tower complex  Firefighting and rescue missions continued into Thursday for a second day after a massive fire broke out in Hong Kong, gripping a complex of seven high-rise residential buildings. At least 55 people were killed and dozens more were injured in what is the worst fire to hit the territory in decades.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/11/27/death-toll-rises-to-44-with-279-still-missing-as-fires-rip-through-hong-kong-tower-complex  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Firefighters are battling one of Hong Kong's deadliest modern blazes for a second day on Thursday,

00:08fighting to control the fire that blackened several high-rise towers and killed at least 55 people.

00:16The fire that started on Wednesday afternoon had spread across seven of the complex's eight buildings.

00:22The city's fire services said that the blazes in four of the towers were under control by Thursday morning.

00:30700 people were evacuated from the buildings,

00:33but hundreds remained missing on Thursday morning as firefighters continued rescue efforts.

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00:56authorities suspected some materials on the exterior walls of the high-rise buildings did

01:03not meet fire resistance standards allowing the unusually fast spread of the fire three men the

01:10directors and an engineering consultant of a construction company were arrested in connection

01:14with the fires and are being investigated for manslaughter

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