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Breaking: Eight people arrested over deadly Hong Kong fire

Another eight people have been arrested over the deadly apartment blaze in Hong Kong that killed at least 128 people.

Hong Kong’s anti-corruption body made the arrests as a probe into what caused the deadly blaze at Wang Fuk Court in the Tai Po district continues.

Those arrested are linked to the renovation works that were underway at the apartment blocks.

It follows the arrest of three other people earlier this week.

There are still 200 people missing following the worst fire in the city in nearly 80 years.

Authorities have said that fire alarms in the complex had malfunctioned, after residents complained that they received no warning when the fire sparked on Wednesday, Hong Kong time.

The fire was extinguished on Friday, some 40 hours after it began and burnt through seven of the eight blocks in the complex.

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