The world’s deadliest residential fire in more than four decades was still burning up a block of Hong Kong apartment buildings when pundits settled on a culprit: bamboo. Surely, the bamboo scaffolding ...

HONG KONG — As smoke quickly filled the corridors of a 31-story tower in Hong Kong last week, Rhodora Alcaraz found herself trapped alone with a 3-month-old baby. The 28-year-old migrant worker had ...

HONG KONG/SINGAPORE/BEIJING, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Homeowners at the complex destroyed in one of Hong Kong's deadliest fires were incorrectly told the contractor that authorities blame for the blaze had a ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. HONG KONG — The death toll of Hong Kong’s high-rise apartment blaze rose to 159 on Wednesday, as authorities ...

Hong Kong — As the confirmed death toll from the Hong Kong apartment complex fire climbed to at least 151 on Monday, officials said their investigation into the blaze had found that mesh used to cover ...

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong firefighters found dozens more bodies Friday in an intensive apartment-by-apartment search of a high-rise complex where a massive fire engulfed seven buildings, and ...

The death toll in the Hong Kong apartment complex fire has risen to 128, with dozens still missing, as firefighters make a final push to find survivors on the third day of the blaze. Deputy director ...

HONG KONG (AP) — Firefighters battled for a second day to extinguish a blaze at a high-rise apartment complex in Hong Kong on Thursday, as the death toll rose to 94 in one of the deadliest blazes in ...

Hong Kong firefighters found dozens more bodies Friday in an intensive apartment-by-apartment search of a high-rise complex where a massive fire engulfed seven buildings, and authorities arrested ...

HONG KONG — The deadly inferno that tore through a high-rise housing estate in Hong Kong killed at least 128 people, authorities said Friday, with dozens of residents still feared trapped on upper ...

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s worst fire in memory was still smoldering in several apartment towers Thursday as firefighters struggled to find dozens of people who remained unaccounted for. Related ...

Police in Hong Kong have arrested three men from a construction company on suspicion of manslaughter in connection with a blaze that has killed at least 94 people and left hundreds of others missing ...