HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong firefighters found dozens more bodies Friday in an intensive apartment-by-apartment search of a high-rise complex where a massive fire engulfed seven buildings. The death toll in one of the city’s deadliest blazes rose to 128, and many remain unaccounted for.

First responders found that some fire alarms in the complex, which housed many older people, did not sound when tested, said Andy Yeung, the director of Hong Kong Fire Services, though he did not say how many were not working or if others were. Meanwhile, the anti-corruption agency has said it is investigating possible corruption relating to a renovation project at the complex.

The blaze jumped rapidly from one building to the next as bamboo scaffolding covered in netting and foam panels apparently

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