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Hong Kong, Disaster Relief Fund: We have provided shelter and over a Quarter of a million meals during these disasters. Every contribution, big or small, will bring much-needed assistance to families. Here's how your donation can help:

25 dollars can provide much needed water to families.
100 dollars can provide a care package with essential supplies.
250 dollars can help ensure a family has access to food and shelter.
1,000 dollars can help ensure a family has long term access to food and shelter.

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Update: HONG KONG (AP) — The death toll in Hong Kong's apartment complex blaze rose to 146 on Sunday as investigators discovered more bodies in the burned-out buildings. A steady stream of people placed bouquets of flowers at an ever-growing makeshift memorial at the scene of the disaster, among the worst in the city's history.

The Hong Kong police Disaster Victim Identification Unit has been going through the buildings of the Wang Fuk Court complex meticulously and has found bodies both in apartment units and on the roofs, said the officer in charge, Cheng Ka-chun.

The buildings remain structurally sound, but the search has been slow, he told reporters, still wearing his white coveralls with his hard hat and respiratory mask at his side. "It is so dark inside, and because of the low light, it is very difficult to do the work, especially in places away from the windows."

So far the team has examined four of the seven blocks, Cheng said.

The latest searches turned up another 30 bodies, including 12 that had already been discovered by firefighters but hadn't been recovered, said Tsang Shuk-yin, the head of the Hong Kong police casualty unit.

A further 100 people are unaccounted for and 79 have been injured, Tsang said.

At the scene, well-wishers bowed and said short prayers, or left handwritten notes among the flowers.

"This really serves as a wake-up call for everyone, especially with these super high-rise buildings," said Lian Shuzheng, who waited in a line of hundreds of people to add her flowers to the growing cluster.

People have also donated supplies to those who lost everything in the blaze, which started Wednesday and took until Friday to fully extinguish.

The eight buildings of the Wang Fuk Court complex in the suburb of Tai Po had all been clad in bamboo scaffolding draped with nylon netting for renovations, with windows covered by polystyrene panels. Authorities were investigating whether fire codes were violated.

At least 36 people have been killed after a fire spread across multiple high-rise apartment buildings in a Hong Kong housing complex, according to Hong Kong’s chief executive. Seven of the eight buildings in the complex, home to a large population of elderly residents, are still ablaze.

Firefighters are still unable to reach some residents trapped on higher floors but have vowed to keep trying. Officials said 279 people are “uncontactable.” Meanwhile, 29 people remain hospitalized, with 7 in critical condition, officials said.

Hong Kong’s leader John Lee called Wednesday’s fire “a major disaster.”
Speaking to reporters in the early hours of Thursday, Lee said some signs of fire were still visible at four of the seven apartment buildings that caught fire Wednesday.

He said about 900 residents affected by the fire have sought refuge in temporary shelters.

More than 700 residents living in the Hong Kong apartment complex that caught fire on Wednesday have been evacuated to temporary shelters.

Wang Fuk Court, the public housing estate that went aflame, consists of eight high-rise towers and ome to more than 4,000 people. Many of the residents are pensioners, with roughly 36% of residents 65 or older, according to government-sourced data.

All eight towers have at least 31 stories, providing almost 2,000 residential units, according to Centaline Property Agency.

I express my deep condolences to the families of the deceased!