12/05/2025
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At least 36 people have been killed after a fire spread across multiple high-rise apartment buildings in a Hong Kong housing complex, according to Hong Kong’s chief executive. Seven of the eight buildings in the complex, home to a large population of elderly residents, are still ablaze.
Hong Kong’s leader John Lee called Wednesday’s fire “a major disaster.”
Speaking to reporters in the early hours of Thursday, Lee said some signs of fire were still visible at four of the seven apartment buildings that caught fire Wednesday.
He said about 900 residents affected by the fire have sought refuge in temporary shelters.
More than 700 residents living in the Hong Kong apartment complex that caught fire on Wednesday have been evacuated to temporary shelters.