Hong Kong fire death toll rises to 159

The death toll in a fire that ripped through seven high-rise towers in Hong Kong last week has risen to 159, police said on Wednesday. A total of 140 of them had been identified - 91 of them women and 49 men, according to the police statement.

The death toll in a fire that ripped through seven high-rise towers in Hong Kong last week has risen to 159, police said on Wednesday.

A total of 140 of them had been identified - 91 of them women and 49 men, according to the police statement. The youngest was just one and the oldest 97, it added. (Reporting By Clare Jim and Anne Marie Roantree; Editing by Andrew Heavens)