M ore than 24 hours after the first tower caught fire, the Hong Kong residential complex was still burning. Fire crews blasted water from cherrypickers at the mid-level floors, but above that, the fires were still roaring out of reach.

Wang Fuk Court, in the northern Hong Kong district of Tai Po, was home to about 4,800 people. The eight tower complex had been under renovation for years, clad in bamboo scaffolding and mesh.

On Wednesday afternoon, for reasons that are under investigation , one of them caught fire. The blaze spread inside the building, and then across to neighbouring towers. By evening, seven buildings were ablaze, and the death toll had already surpassed Hong Kong’s previous worst ever building fire disaster.

At least 65 people have been killed, including one firef

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