Death toll rises to 151 'Hong Kong apartment fire'

Hong Kong authorities on Monday said the death toll from a deadly apartment complex blaze has risen to 151 after more bodies were found.

Tsang Shuk-yin, the head of Hong Kong police’s casualty enquiry unit, told reporters at the scene that teams had located another five bodies during searches



throughout the day.

They also recovered the bodies of three people who had already been found by firefighters but could not immediately be retrieved.

The blaze broke out on Wednesday in the complex on the outskirts of Hong Kong and wasn’t completely extinguished until Friday morning.