128 people have already died in the Hong Kong fire, while some 200 remain missing
The fire originated in a house last Wednesday. The firefighters have reported that the fire alarms did not work properly. So far, the authorities have arrested five people suspected of being responsible for the tragedy.
The death toll in the Hong Kong fire is already 128 and the whereabouts of some 200 people are unknown, official sources reported on Friday, which also announced that search and rescue work is nearing completion.
Hong Kong Security Secretary Chris Tang Ping-keung has told the media that 108 bodies have been found in the fire area and has not ruled out groups working in damaged buildings finding more bodies.
With regard to the number of missing persons, Tang has said that the "situation" of 200 persons is unclear, of whom 80 have not been identified.
The number of wounded has also increased to 79.
Meanwhile, Fire Director Andy Yeung has stated at the same hearing that the fire alarms did not work properly and has advanced that what happened will also have criminal consequences.
The fire broke out last Wednesday in the 8th tower of the residential complex, consisting of eight 31-story blocks built in 1984 and inhabited by 4,600 people, many of them elderly.
So far, the police have arrested five people (two of them this Friday) as alleged perpetrators of the tragedy.
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