<p>Hong Kong: The death toll in a fire that ripped through seven high-rise towers in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/hong-kong">Hong Kong</a> last week has risen to 159, police said on Wednesday.</p>.Hong Kong leader orders independent probe into fire that killed 151.<p>A total of 140 of them had been identified - 91 of them women and 49 men, according to the police statement. The youngest was just one and the oldest 97, it added.</p>
<p>Hong Kong: The death toll in a fire that ripped through seven high-rise towers in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/hong-kong">Hong Kong</a> last week has risen to 159, police said on Wednesday.</p>.Hong Kong leader orders independent probe into fire that killed 151.<p>A total of 140 of them had been identified - 91 of them women and 49 men, according to the police statement. The youngest was just one and the oldest 97, it added.</p>