Anger is growing over the fire that tore through seven high-rise blocks in Hong Kong, amid calls for accountability as China warns against disrupting the city.
The death toll from Hong Kong's deadliest fire in three decades has risen to 44 as firefighters battle to extinguish the huge blaze that ripped through high-rise residential towers sheathed inflammable bamboo scaffolding.
Since the cataclysm in Los Angeles started on 7 January, every political body in the world responsible for fire-prone areas will have summoned reports from their specialist wildfire units.
California firefighters are battling wind-whipped wildfires that have torn across Los Angeles, killing at least five people and destroying hundreds of homes.
