Earlier it was reported about 83 dead.
According to the fire department, quoted by the South China Morning Post newspaper, most of the bodies of the victims were found in two of the seven buildings where the flames were the fiercest. The number of victims with burns and injuries has increased to 155. Earlier it was reported about 100 victims. 11 firefighters were among those who suffered burns and injuries.
The fire started on Wednesday in a residential complex of eight Wang Fuk Court high-rise buildings, one building was practically intact, seven were engulfed in flames. The flames spread through bamboo scaffolding installed on these buildings for cosmetic repairs. There are almost 2 thousand apartments in the complex, about 4 thousand people live there. tass.ru.
