JAKARTA - Hong Kong police arrested 8 more people in connection with a deadly fire in the apartment complex. The latest data shows that 128 people died in a fire and many are still missing.
Hong Kong Fire Service Director Andy Yeung said emergency response officers found several fire alarms in the compound that housed many elderly did not sound when tested.
The fire spread rapidly from one building to the next building when a foam panel and bamboo coated with nets appeared to be installed by a burning construction company.
Authorities on Friday, November 28, arrested seven men and one woman, aged 40 to 63, including a subcontractor, director of a consulting firm for engineering and project manager who oversees renovations, leading the Anti-Corruption Independent Commission.
Deputy Director of the Hong Kong Fire Service, Derek Armstrong Chan, said officers prioritized apartments that received emergency calls during the fire but could not be reached during the hours when the fire burned out of control.
Firefighters took a day to control the fire, and the fire was completely extinguished on Friday morning about 40 hours after the fire broke out.
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