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By CHAN HO-HIM and KEN MORITSUGU, Associated Press

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in years blazed late into the night on Wednesday as authorities confirmed at least 13 people, including a firefighter, had died and others remained trapped.

Show Caption 1 of 6 First responders work the scene of a fire at Wang Fuk Court, a residential estate in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong’s New Territories on Wednesday, Nov. 26 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei) Expand

Hundreds of residents were evacuated as the blaze spread across seven high-rise apartment buildings in a Hong Kong housing complex.

Fire chiefs said the temperatures at the scene made it difficult for crews to mount rescue operations. It was not immediately known how the fi

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