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Canadian Watched Childhood Home Burn as Hong Kong Blaze Killed More Than 100 People

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People holds flower and line up near the site to mourn the victims of the deadly Wednesday fire at Wang Fuk Court, a residential estate in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong’s New Territories on Nov. 29, 2025. The Canadian Press/AP-Chan Long HeiToronto resident Paul Chow was devastated when the apartment where he grew up made international news this week after a raging inferno tore through seven highrise towers in Hong Kong, leaving more than 100 dead and hundreds missing.It has been a roller-coaster of emotions for Chow, who has gone from worry to sadness, distress and anger as he watched in horror, seeing the place he was raised and lived for more than 30 years engulfed in flames, and knowing many of his former neighbours were still unaccounted for.

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