HONG KONG, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Hong Kong ‍leader John Lee said on Friday the government aims to ‌wrap up ‌within nine months an independent investigation into a fire that killed at least ‍160 people.

Lee was speaking more than ‍two weeks after a blaze ripped through seven high-rise residential ‍towers and left the city searching ‍for ‍answers into the cause of ⁠the tragedy.

(Reporting ‌By Clare Jim, Writing by Anne Marie Roantree; Editing by Muralikumar ⁠Anantharaman)

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