00:00A horrific scene is still unfolding in Hong Kong, where a high-rise fire has now become the city's deadliest in more than half a century.
00:10The death toll has surged to 128, with officials warning it's likely to rise.
00:15About 200 people are still unaccounted for, as crews spend a third day picking through charred remains of an eight-tower apartment complex in the Tai Po District.
00:25Firefighters saw them still doused in ash, are going unit by unit, flashlights in hand, as parts of the building continue to smolder.
00:33The fire department confirms one of their own died after collapsing at the scene.
00:38Investigators say the Inferno started in bamboo scaffolding and flammable construction netting, then raced up the outside of the building.
00:46Officials say fire alarms in all eight buildings were not functional.
00:49Three men from the construction company overseeing the renovation are now under arrest.
00:54accused of gross negligence and manslaughter.
00:57Officials are now launching a citywide inspection of all buildings under renovation,
01:01and say they may finally move away from bamboo scaffolding, a practice used there for generations.
01:07This is now Hong Kong's deadliest fire since 1948.
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