At least 128 people are now known to have died, with dozens still missing after a fire ripped through a high-rise Hong Kong residential estate on Wednesday, authorities say
At a news briefing, they add that 79 people were injured and 16 bodies remain inside the buildings after the city’s worst blaze in decades
Fire alarms in all eight blocks in the northerly suburb of Tai Po were also found to be not working effectively, the fire service says
Experts tell the BBC bamboo scaffolding, along with other construction materials found at the buildings – which were undergoing renovation – might have contributed to the rapid spread of the fire
Several residents have previously reported that their fire alarms did not sound when the blaze broke out
