Hong Kong fire death toll rises to 83

POLICE ARREST CONSTRUCTION FIRM BOSSES; MANY STILL MISSING

- REUTERS

HONG KONG POLICE arrested the bosses of a construction company on suspicion of manslaughter on Thursday over the city's worst fire in nearly 80 years, which killed at least 75 people with 300 still listed as missing.

Firefighters had mostly doused the blaze that tore through the Wang Fuk Court housing complex in the northern district of Tai Po,which had been undergoing renovations and was wrapped in bamboo scaffolding and green mesh.