HONG KONG —

Hong Kong’s anti-corruption agency said Friday it arrested eight people connected to the renovation of the high-rise apartments that were engulfed in a massive fire that left 128 people dead.

The seven men and one woman, from 40 to 63 years old, include scaffolding subcontractors, directors of an engineering consultant company and project managers supervising the renovation, the Independent Commission Against Corruption said in a statement.

The agency also searched their offices Friday and seized relevant documents and bank records. The investigation into possible corruption in the renovation project was launched Thursday after the fatal fire broke out.

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