It has been two days since Fung lost contact with his mother-in-law, when the Hong Kong housing estate where the elderly woman lived went up in flames -- but he has not given up on bringing her home.

The raging fire at Wang Fuk Court claimed at least 128 lives in what was the world's deadliest residential building fire since 1980, and authorities said Friday the status of around 200 people remained "unclear".

Fung is among those engaged in an increasingly desperate search for missing loved ones, which took him to a victim identification station where he and his wife sifted through photos of the dead.

"It is very tormenting as I have to look at... things I do not want to see," Fung told AFP.

After two fruitless visits to the station, the couple went to the Prince of Wales Hospital on Fr

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