At least 128 people are now known to have died after a fire ripped through a high-rise Hong Kong residential estate on Wednesday, authorities say.
At a news briefing officials said that 79 people were injured and 16 bodies remain inside the buildings. Dozens of people are still missing.
Fire alarms in all eight blocks were also found to be not working effectively, the fire service says.
Experts told the BBC that bamboo scaffolding, along with other construction materials found at the buildings – which were undergoing renovation – might have contributed to the rapid spread of the fire.
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