At least 128 people are now known to have died after a fire ripped through a Hong Kong residential estate this week, authorities say

At least 36 people have died and 279 are reported missing after a fire raged through a high-rise housing complex in Hong Kong .

Residents of Wang Fuk Court, located in Hong Kong's northern district of Tai Po, told AFP that they did not hear any fire alarms and had to go door-to-door to alert neighbours to the danger.