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A horrific scene is still unfolding in Hong Kong, where a high-rise fire has now become the city's deadliest in more than half a century
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The death toll has surged to 128, with officials warning it's likely to rise
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About 200 people are still unaccounted for, as crews spend a third day picking through charred remains of an eight-tower apartment complex in the Tai Po District
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Firefighters saw them still doused in ash are going unit by unit, flashlights in hand
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as parts of the building continue to smolder. The fire department confirms one of their own died after collapsing at the scene
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Investigators say the Inferno started in bamboo scaffolding and flammable construction netting
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then raced up the outside of the building. Officials say fire alarms in all eight buildings were not functional
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Three men from the construction company overseeing the renovation are now under arrest
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accused of gross negligence and manslaughter. Officials are now launching a citywide inspection
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of all buildings under renovation and say they may finally move away from bamboo scaffolding
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a practice used there for generations. This is now Hong Kong's deadliest fire since 1948
