Hong Kong's apartment tower fire: Worst fire in memory

Hong Kong firefighters were making a final push to try and find any survivors from the city's worst fire in memory, going apartment-to-apartment in the high-rise complex in an exhaustive search.

- By CHAN HO-HIM and ELAINE KURTENBACH

FIREFIGHTERS CONTINUE to battle the deadly blaze at the Wang Fuk Court high-rise apartment complex for a second day in Hong Kong, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP)

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At least 94 people were known to have died in the blaze that started Wednesday, Nov. 26, at Wang Fuk Court in the suburban Tai Po district. Dozens more were injured, and about 900 of the 4,800 residents were evacuated to temporary shelters.

Seven of the eight 32-story towers in the building complex were engulfed in flames after construction materials and bamboo scaffolding spread the fire. Officials said extreme heat was hampering rescue efforts.

The fire was deadlier than a 1996 blaze in a commercial building in Kowloon that killed 41 people. A warehouse fire in 1948 killed 176 people, according to the South China Morning Post.

Here's what to know about the fire: