The aftermath of the fire that swept through several apartment blocks at the Wang Fuk Court residential estate in Hong Kong's Tai Po distric. Photograph: Philip Fong/AFP via Getty ImagesAs firefighters finally extinguished the last remaining hotspots on a few floors in two blocks at Hong Kong’s Tai Po housing estate on Thursday night, the death toll continued to climb. People with missing family members react after checking photographs of the deceased in Tai Po, Hong Kong. Hong Kong’s government said the firm is currently working on 11 other projects in the city. Hong Kong’s chief executive, John Lee, has ordered inspections of all housing estates in the city undergoing major renovations.
