Firefighters in Hong Kong are working for a second day to put out a large blaze at a residential complex that has killed at least 65 people in the Chinese territory’s deadliest and most destructive fire in 60 years.

Officials said on Thursday that flames in four buildings in the Wang Fuk Court housing complex, located in the Tai Po neighbourhood, had been extinguished and fires in the rest of the site were under control.

But rescuers are still racing to reach people feared trapped on the upper floors of the complex, where at least 279 people are unaccounted for.

Resident Lawrence Lee said he still had not heard from his wife, who he believes is trapped in their apartment.

“When the fire started, I told her on the phone to escape. But once she left the flat, the corridor and stairs we

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