deadly

The fire - Hong Kong's deadliest in more than 70 years - led the region's authority to declare a three-day mourning period, which began on Saturday.

The cyclone has become Sri Lanka's deadliest natural disaster since 2017, when flooding and landslides claimed more than 200 lives and displaced hundreds of thousands.

Not long before he was reportedly detained, Miles Kwan approached commuters outside a Hong Kong train station, urging them to demand accountability for the deadly inferno that tore through nearby apartment blocks.

Hong Kong officials have held a moment of silence at the start of a three-day mourning period to remember those killed after the city's deadliest fire in nearly 80 years.

Hong Kong's leader and top government officials observed a moment of silence on Saturday to mourn the victims of the city's deadliest fire in decades, which killed at least 128 people and displaced hundreds.