By Robert Birsel and Shane CroucherShareNewsweek is a Trust Project memberAuthorities in Hong Kong said the death toll in the Tai Po towers fire, a blaze fueled by bamboo scaffolding that encased the buildings, has risen to 55.
Hundreds of people had been evacuated from the towers and were in shelters, Hong Kong leader John Lee said overnight into Thursday, but at that time 279 people were still unaccounted for.
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