Hong Kong fire death toll rises to 159

HONG KONG, Dec 3 (Reuters) – The death toll in a fire that ripped through seven high-rise towers in Hong Kong last week has risen to 159, police said on Wednesday.

A total of 140 of them had been identified – 91 of them women and 49 men, according to the police statement.

The youngest was just one and the oldest 97, it added.

(Reporting By Clare Jim and Anne Marie Roantree; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

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