Overview
- Fire Services reported 94 dead and more than 70 injured, including 11 firefighters, with one firefighter among the fatalities.
- Authorities said hundreds remain uncontactable, with estimates ranging from roughly 250 to nearly 300 residents.
- Emergency response mobilized more than 1,200 firefighters and about 304 fire and rescue vehicles across the sprawling estate.
- Fires were extinguished in four of the eight buildings and brought under control in three others, leaving one block untouched.
- Police arrested three company officials on suspicion of causing deaths by gross negligence, as investigators examine green protective nets, bamboo scaffolding and foam sealants; the ICAC also opened a separate corruption inquiry into the renovation project.