Firefighters try to extinguish flames engulfing a building after a fire broke out at Wang Fuk Court, a residential estate in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong’s New Territories, on Nov. 26 2025. AP Photo/Chan Long Hei
Ninety-four people have been confirmed dead by 6 a.m. local time on Nov. 28 in Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades, as firefighters continue to search for missing persons, the city’s fire department said in an update.
The fire, which began on Nov. 26 in a housing complex in Tai Po district in the New Territories, engulfed seven of the Wang Fuk Court complex’s eight towers, sending flames and smoke billowing out of windows. By the early hours of Nov. 28, local time, the fire was mostly contained. Derek Armstrong Chan, deputy director of Fire Services Operations, said firefighters had almost completed their operation.
