Overview
- Hong Kong police report 160 dead from the Wang Fuk Court fire, with 120 victims identified and 40 pending DNA confirmation as searches extend to scaffolding and protective nets on seven buildings.
- Hong Kong’s SPCA says 84 pets remain unaccounted for from the complex and urges the placement of food, water and humane traps in the ruins to aid rescues.
- Relief for survivors in Hong Kong totals about HK$3.3 billion from public donations and government funding to support housing, cash assistance and recovery.
- In Angarsk, Russia, a criminal case has been opened under article 238 after the TÉC‑9 failure that curtailed heating to 1,546 homes and 121 facilities; seven boilers are now operating with supply at about 117°C against a 125°C target.
- Russia also saw a major fire at Ulan‑Ude’s Bayangol shopping center, where roughly 50 people evacuated and five were injured, three hospitalized, as flames spread along the façade under heavy smoke and drones supported firefighting.