Deadly fire engulfs Hong Kong residential towers in Tai Po district, killing at least 36 people, including a firefighter, with others critically injured.

The fire - the deadliest blaze in Hong Kong in three decades - left at least 36 people dead, including a firefighter, 29 hospitalized and 279 missing. About 900 people were in shelters. Hong Kong police arrested three men on suspicion of manslaughter and are expected to provide more details later, Reuters reported.

BBC reporter Martin Yip reports from the site of the huge Hong Kong fire in which at least 55 people have been killed.

Hong Kong’s worst residential fire in more than half a century is triggering worries that a swathe of the high-rise housing common in China’s cities could be susceptible to similar safety risks.