India, Nov. 27 -- A devastating fire at Hong Kong's Wang Fuk Court apartment complex has claimed 44 lives, while nearly 300 residents remain missing, according to local authorities. Police have arrested three senior officials of a construction company on suspicion of manslaughter as investigators probe the causes behind the disaster.

Early findings suggest that the blaze intensified rapidly because polystyrene boards had been placed against windows at the renovation site. A report highlighted that bamboo scaffolding and green construction mesh wrapped around the buildings likely acted as fuel, helping flames leap from one tower to another.

Fire raged across multiple towers for over 15 hours The fire erupted on Wednesday afternoon in the...