At least 44 dead, hundreds missing in Hong Kong as blazeengulfs apartment buildings By Fion Khan / Staff writer, with agencies
Firefighters battled one of Hong Kong’s deadliest modern blazes for a second day today, fighting to control a fire that blackened several high-rise towers and killed at least 44 people, with hundreds still missing.
Three men from a construction company this morning were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter, and rescue efforts are ongoing.
Thick smoke still poured out of the Wang Fuk Court (宏福苑) complex, which houses thousands, in Tai Po (大埔) district, a northern suburb near the border with the Chinese mainland, this morning.
He was charged with manslaughter after the fatal accident.
(他因該致命意外被控過失致死。)
6 pour out (v.) 湧出;冒出 *常用於煙、群眾、情緒等大量流出。
Smoke poured out of the windows.
(濃煙從窗戶中不斷湧出。)
Firefighters yesterday work to extinguish a fire which broke out at Wang Fuk Court, a residential estate in Hong Kong's Tai Po district.
(圖片說明:消防員昨日在香港大埔的宏福苑住宅區,努力撲滅突發的大火。(路透)) Photo: Reuters
The fire that started midafternoon yesterday had spread across seven of the complex’s eight buildings, and four of the towers were under control by morning, the city’s fire services said.
About 900 people were evacuated to temporaryshelters overnight, with another 279 people reported missing last night.
As of 11am, 66 people remained in hospital, with 15 in critical condition and 25 in serious condition, many suffering from burn and inhalation injuries, local media HK01 reported.
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