HONG KONG — The death toll from Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades rose to 128 on Friday, as authorities struggled to identify victims and firefighters extinguished the last embers at the still smoldering high-rise apartment complex.

With hope of finding survivors fading, rescue operations have ceased even though many residents of the densely packed Wang Fuk Court apartment towers remain missing. Chris Tang, Hong Kong’s secretary of security, said that about 200 people were unaccounted for as more bodies are expected to be recovered. More than 70 people were hospitalized, some in critical condition.

Tang said rescuers had pulled out more than 100 bodies from the complex, but some charred sets of remains were still inside the site. Only 39 victims have been identified, he said.

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