Hong Kong leader John Lee says a judge-led committee will investigate last week’s devastating apartment complex fire, as officials sought to counter rising public frustration over the tragedy. Mr Lee ...

Mainland authorities have ordered a nationwide campaign targeting fire hazards in high-rise residential and public buildings. This came after Hong Kong's deadliest blaze in decades at Tai Po's Wang ...

KUALA LUMPUR: The deadly Hong Kong high-rise inferno that has claimed more than a hundred lives should be a wake-up call for Malaysians to take fire safety far more seriously, says Fire and Rescue ...

Hong Kong's deadliest fire in more than 60 years ripped through a high-rise public housing complex in the city's north-east this week, killing at least 128 people. Dozens more remain missing, with 79 ...

Police in Hong Kong have arrested three men from a construction company on suspicion of manslaughter in connection with a blaze that has killed at least 94 people and left hundreds of others missing ...

At least 128 people are now known to have died, with dozens still missing after a fire ripped through a high-rise Hong Kong residential estate on Wednesday, authorities say At a news briefing, they ...

This weekend’s Oxfam Trailwalker, the annual Cyclothon and a full slate of domestic rugby matches have all been called off as Hong Kong reels from its deadliest fire in nearly 30 years. With the ...

The massive fire that engulfed eight of the 32-floor buildings in just five minutes was the worst blaze reported in the financial hub in decades. It killed 55 people, injured 61, rendered 900 homeless ...

Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu has ordered inspections of all public housing estates undergoing major renovations, with authorities launching a criminal investigation into the city’s deadliest fire ...

Dark smoke was rising nearly 24 hours after the blaze engulfed the apartment complex. More than 270 people were still missing. Smoke billowing from a housing complex in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district on ...

HONG KONG — A major fire tore through multiple high-rise towers at a housing complex in Hong Kong on Wednesday, killing dozens of people, the city's chief executive, John Lee, said, with 279 people ...