HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in years blazed late into the night on Wednesday as the city's leader confirmed at least 36 people, including a firefighter, had died and another 279 people were reported missing.

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Hong Kong leader John Lee has said 36 people were reported killed in the fire that spread through a dense high-rise residential housing complex Wednesday

He said another 279 people were reported missing and 29 people remained hospitalized

He said the fire, which broke out at a residential complex in Tai Po, a suburb in the New Territories, was “coming under control” shortly past midnight

The housing complex consisted of eight buildings with almost 2,000 apartments housing about 4,800 residents, including many elderly people

Hundreds of residents w

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