Hong Kong police arrested the bosses of a construction company on suspicion of manslaughter on Thursday over the city's worst fire in nearly 80 years, which killed at least 75 people with 300 still listed as missing.

Firefighters had mostly doused the blaze that had torn through the Wang Fuk Court housing complex in the northern district of Tai Po, which had been undergoing renovations.

Rescuers had been battling intense heat and thick smoke for more than a day as they fought to reach residents still feared trapped on the upper floors. Video showed firefighters with flashlights searching through the charred remains of the towers on Thursday night.

A distraught woman carrying her daughter's graduation photograph searched for her child outside a shelter, one of eight that authorities said

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