STORY: Hong Kong authorities entered the compound of an apartment complex on Saturday (November 29) where 128 people were killed in the city’s deadliest blaze in nearly 80 years.

Police officers from the disaster victim identification unit, wearing white overalls, helmets and oxygen masks, entered one of the charred buildings to continue searching for remains, according to a Reuters witness.

Authorities have arrested 11 people in connection with the blaze as part of an investigation into possible corruption and the use of unsafe materials during renovations at the Wang Fuk Court complex.

The death toll is expected to rise, with around 200 people still unaccounted for days after the fire.

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SHOWS: HONG KONG, CHINA (NOVEMBER 29, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all)

1. CHARRED APARTMENT BLOCKS

2. VARIOUS OF AUTHORITIES IN HAZMAT SUITS WALKING IN COMPOUND OF WANG FUK COURT AMID RUBBLE

3. OFFICERS IN HAZMAT SUITS FROM THE DISASTER VICTIM IDENTIFICATION (DVI) UNIT STANDING NEAR STATIONED FIRE TRUCKS

4. OFFICERS FROM DVI STANDING IN A HUDDLE

5. FIREFIGHTERS ENTERING BUILDING

6. OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS STANDING NEXT TO BUILDING AND STATIONED FIRE TRUCKS

7. OFFICERS FROM DVI WALKING IN SINGLE FILE

8. EXTERIOR OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS

9. VARIOUS OF FIRE TRUCKS STATIONED / FIREFIGHTERS GEARING UP

10. VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS ROLLING UP HOSES

11. FIREFIGHTER PREPARING GEAR BAG

12. RUBBLE IN WANG FUK COURT

13. EXTERIOR OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS