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Death toll reaches 146 in Hong Kong apartment complex fire, with 100 people still unaccounted for.

Faulty fire alarms, bamboo scaffolding and flammable foam panels are the focus of investigation.

Construction company officials have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter; authorities suspended 28 projects by the same contractor pending safety reviews.

HONG KONG — The death toll in Hong Kong’s apartment complex blaze rose to 146 on Sunday as investigators discovered more bodies in the burned-out buildings.

A steady stream of people placed bouquets of flowers at an ever-growing makeshift memorial at the scene of the disaster, among the worst in the city’s history.

The Hong Ko

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