HONG KONG | TASS | Rescuers have discovered 18 more bodies at the site of a major fire in Hong Kong, bringing the death toll to 146, the South China Morning Post newspaper reported, citing a police spokesperson. The blaze at the Wang Fuk Court apartment complex, a development of eight high-rise towers, ignited on …

Investigators say contractors wrapped the buildings in substandard scaffolding netting and then sought to hide it from inspectors. The toll from the fire rose to 151.

HONG KONG >> Thousands turned out on Sunday to pay tribute to the victims of Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in more than 75 years, as Beijing warned it would crack down on any “anti-China” protest in the wake of the blaze.

Donations for Hong Kong fire victims reach $115 million amid government crackdown on dissent and accountability concerns.

Authorities in Hong Kong have said they made a total 13 arrests over the city's deadliest fire in decades after the blaze killed 151 people last week, a toll that could further rise.

The death toll in a fire that tore through a Hong Kong residential estate this week has risen to 146, police said.