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Police in Hong Kong arrested three men on suspicion of manslaughter, several local news media reported, in connection with a blaze that has killed at least 36 people and left another 279 missing in the city’s deadliest fire in years.

Hundreds of residents were evacuated as the fire which started on Wednesday afternoon, spread across seven of the eight high-rise apartment buildings in a housing complex in Tai Po district, a suburb in the New Territories. At least 29 others remained hospitalized. Bright flames and smoke shot out of windows as night fell.

Authorities said earlier that investigators would be looking into factors including whether material on the exterior walls of high-rise buildings met fire resistance standards, as the rapid spread of the fire was unusual.

Officials said the fire started on the external scaffolding of one of the buildings, a 32-storey tower, and later spread to inside the building and then to nearby buildings, likely aided by windy conditions.

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[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 19 points 3 weeks ago

Everything about this sounds atrocious.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Oh that death toll is going to rise dramatically as 279 are reported missing.

Oh and just while writing it I saw another headline saying 44 dead 279 missing.

[–] vrek@programming.dev 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Do we know anything about these people? Not names or anything but were they residents? Contractors? Employees? Randoms who just wanted to kill?

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

from the article-

“We have reason to believe that those in charge of the construction company were grossly negligent,” said Eileen Chung, a senior superintendent of police.

The three men arrested, aged 52 to 68, are the directors and an engineering consultant of the firm.

[–] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They actually arrested the people in charge?

WOW. Good job.

[–] ag10n@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Party members that allow this level of corruption? No, they are fine.

[–] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 weeks ago

50% is better than the 0% im used to