Hong Kong’s worst fire in almost 80 years killed at least 65 people in an eight-building apartment complex, with more than 250 people still missing.

Police at a community centre shared photos of the dead for families and friends to identify victims.

Survivors and relatives at the centre recounted their experiences to AFP on Thursday:

Wong Sik-kam

Wong Sik-kam said his son, a firefighter, was battling the fire that destroyed his home of 40 years.

The blaze started in mesh-covered bamboo scaffolding and jumped from block to block, carried by the wind.

“The fire started from the sixth block. Then it spread to the fifth and the fourth block and so on,” Wong said.

“Because the third block is attached to the first and second, when the third block caught fire, there was no way the other tw

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