Overview
- Officials report 128 dead and 79 injured, with 89 victims still unidentified and dozens of residents unaccounted for.
- Fire Services ended suppression operations after more than 40 hours, shifting to apartment-by-apartment searches and recovery work.
- Preliminary findings indicate bamboo scaffolding, plastic safety nets and foam window panels fueled rapid vertical spread, compounded by wind and very low humidity.
- Police arrested three men on suspicion of gross negligence, the ICAC launched an inquiry, and eight additional suspects were detained in a related corruption probe.
- The government ordered inspections of major renovation sites and signaled a move toward metal scaffolding as formal investigations proceed over the coming weeks.