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A deadly fire has ripped through an apartment complex in Hong Kong, killing 55 people and forcing 900 people to flee their homes, according to authorities. Firefighters battled one of the deadliest modern blazes in the city’s history for a second day on Thursday, fighting to control the fire which blackened several high-rise towers.

Three men from a construction company have been arrested, and rescues were continuing, PA reports.

Thick smoke poured out of the Wang Fuk Court complex in Tai Po district, a northern suburb near the border with the mainland, on Thursday morning.

The fire which started mid-afternoon on Wednesday had spread across seven of the complex’s eight buildings, and four of the towers were under control by morning, the city’s fire services said.

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