Death toll rises to 36 in Hong Kong residential block fireAt least 279 people were still unaccounted for, city's leader John Lee added, with several dozen hospitalised. 
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Residents wrapped in blankets watch flames engulf bamboo scaffolding at Wang Fuk Court housing estate after a major fire broke out, in Tai Po, Hong Kong
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Hong Kong: The death toll from a massive fire that ripped through multiple high-rise residential blocks in Hong Kong's northern Tai Po district has risen to 36, the city's leader John Lee said early on Thursday.
At least 279 people were still unaccounted for, he added, with several dozen hospitalised.