Hong Kong high-rise apartment fire: At least 36 dead and 279 reported missing

At least 36 people have died and 279 are reported missing after a fire raged through a high-rise housing complex in Hong Kong .Hong Kong leader John Lee said 29 people are in hospital while around 900 people have been evacuated to temporary shelters after the city's deadliest fire in years broke out at apartments in the Tai Po district.Flames and smoke still engulfed the 32-storey blocks more than 10 hours after the fire started, as rescuers swarmed the site and shocked inhabitants watched in horror nearby.In chilling echoes of the Grenfell tower tragedy, the blaze spread on the outside of the complex and investigators will look into whether material on the exterior walls of high-rise buildings met fire resistance standards.Massive flames took hold on the scaffolding on at least three apartment blocks at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, a district in the northern part of the Chinese financial hub, before spreading to other parts of the buildings.