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Hong Kong Inferno Spread Silently Among the Towers

The Wall Street Journal

November 29, 2025

Shrouded buildings, broken alarms left many unaware as disaster unfolded

- By Joyu Wang, Jonathan Cheng and Yang Jie

A disaster-victims identification unit worked Friday at the site of the deadly Hong Kong fire

ANTHONY KWAN/GETTY IMAGES

This story is from the November 29, 2025 edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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