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Hong Kong mourns victims of deadly building fire
FRANCE 24 English
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Across Hong Kong, a city that rarely slows, silence has taken over.
00:07
A territory mourning its deadliest fire in decades.
00:11
Residents lay flowers at the site where more than 100 lives were lost, and many remain missing.
00:22
There are human errors, wrong decisions being made, greedy people,
00:27
and they caused the death of over 120 people.
00:31
I have no more tears to shed.
00:34
At the government headquarters, the flag was lowered to half-mast
00:38
as officials and civil servants observed a minute of silence.
00:44
The fire broke out on Wednesday afternoon, racing through seven of the eight 32-story towers,
00:51
all wrapped in bamboo scaffolding, green mesh, and foam insulation for ongoing renovations.
00:59
As the search for survivors stretches into another day,
01:03
residents mobilise nearby to support those who've lost their homes.
01:07
I'm just a handle for the mass store.
01:10
They are doing the, like, the woman's napkin,
01:14
and we are having a store for food or for some other necessities.
01:20
Rather than all the daily necessities,
01:23
I think they need the support from us, yeah, from all the Hong Kong people.
01:27
With the death toll still expected to rise,
01:31
disaster victim identification teams are now able to enter the charred blocks
01:35
to recover more bodies.
01:37
Authorities say fire alarms at the estate,
01:40
home to about 5,000 people, were not working properly.
01:44
Eleven people so far have been arrested as part of an investigation
01:47
into suspected corruption and the use of unsafe materials.
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