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Hong Kong Fire Tragedy: Deadly High-Rise Fire Claims 55 Lives as Bamboo Scaffolding Fuels Rapid Spread

Hong Kong witnessed one of its darkest days as a catastrophic fire tore through the Wang Fuk Court housing estate in Tai Po, killing at least 55 people and leaving more than 279 missing. The blaze, which erupted on Wednesday afternoon, rapidly consumed seven of the estate’s eight high-rise towers—each ...