{"id":62086,"date":"2025-12-03T20:10:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T01:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?p=62086"},"modified":"2025-12-03T20:10:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T01:10:50","slug":"death-toll-in-hong-kong-residential-complex-fire-rises-to-159","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/death-toll-in-hong-kong-residential-complex-fire-rises-to-159\/","title":{"rendered":"Death toll in Hong Kong residential complex fire rises to 159"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The death toll from last week\u2019s fire at a residential complex in Hong Kong has risen to 159 after authorities located additional bodies during final search operations, according to police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The update was announced on Wednesday after search teams finished examining all seven residential blocks in the Wang Fuk Court complex in the New Territories district. Police said three more bodies were recovered as officers carried out the last phase of unit-to-unit checks inside the fire-damaged towers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police Commissioner Joe Chow said 140 of the victims have been identified so far, including 49 males and 91 females between the ages of one and 97. 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