Survivors of Deadly Hong Kong Fire Are in Limbo
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HONG KONG, Dec 6 (Reuters) - More than a week after flames tore through Hong Kong's Wang Fuk Court estate, killing at least 159 people, the city remains shrouded in grief and a search for answers.
It was just after 3 p.m. when William Li received the unusual call from his wife, who was at work, saying she’d heard from a friend that their building was on fire. There
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Grieving Hong Kong families search stark photos for fire victims
A middle-aged woman emerged, weeping and clinging to her companion, from a community hall now used as a victim identification station in the shadow of smouldering apartment towers that mark Hong Kong's worst fire in decades.
Deadly fire engulfs Hong Kong residential towers in Tai Po district, killing at least 36 people, including a firefighter, with others critically injured.
At least 70 injuries also reported as smoke continues to billow out of charred hulks of Wang Fuk Court residential blocks
Dolores Balladares, chairwoman of the United Filipinos in Hong Kong, told Rappler on Monday that many of the fire-displaced domestic workers told them they needed money and asked how they could ask help from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in the Philippine consulate.
The painstaking effort to search for the remains of those killed in the deadly blaze that engulfed a Hong Kong residential complex last week is nearly its conclusion.
Officials are yet to determine the cause of the blaze that ripped through a high-rise residential complex on Wednesday.
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Filipino domestic worker Rhodora Alcaraz is being praised for saving a baby from the Hong Kong towers fire. Alcaraz cradled her employers' 3-month-old baby in a wet blanket while trapped for hours waiting for rescue .