HONG KONG (Nov 26): A huge fire ripped through several high-rise blocks in a Hong Kong residential estate on Wednesday, killing at least 13 people, with media reporting that some residents were trapped inside. Massive flames first took hold on bamboo scaffolding on several apartment blocks of the Wang Fuk Court estate in Tai Po,Read More

Wang Fuk Court is a housing complex made up of eight blocks, providing close to 2,000 residential units.

Several people are dead in a fire that spread across multiple high-rise apartment buildings in a Hong Kong housing complex.

Firefighters continued to battle the blaze as dusk fell, with thick black smoke billowing from the 31-storey towers, home to 2,000 residential apartments.

Firefighters continued to battle the blaze as dusk fell, with thick black smoke billowing from the 31-storey towers, home to 2,000 residential apartments.

It is Hong Kong's worst fire since 41 people died in a commercial building in the heart of Kowloon in November 1996. 

Thirteen people were killed in a fire that spread across seven high-rise apartment buildings in a Hong Kong housing complex.