Updated On: 27 November, 2025 05:27 PM IST | Hong Kong | mid-day online correspondent
Fifty-one people died at the scene of the incident while four other deaths were reported in hospital, officials said. The fire department did not immediately give an update on how many people remain missing after the blaze. Earlier, officials had said 279 people were unaccounted for

Firefighters spray water on flames as a major fire burns through several apartment blocks at the Wang Fuk Court residential estate in Hong Kong`s Tai Po district on Thursday. PIC/AFP
The death toll in Hong Kong's devastating apartment building fire has risen to at least 55, the city's fire department said Thursday, CNN reported.
At least 123 people were injured in the blaze, including eight firefighters, news agency ANI reported.