Firefighters combing the charred tower complex found dozens more bodies, officials told a news conference Friday, as smoke still drifted into the air of the Chinese territory.

Hong Kong's worst fire in decades was still smoldering in several apartment towers Thursday as firefighters struggled to rescue dozens of people still unaccounted for.

Residents of Wang Fuk Court apartments had raised concerns about flammable foam panels and scaffold netting, but the government did not take decisive action.

Police investigators have been searching the charred shells of the tower blocks to gather evidence and determine the cause of the fire. Bodies of some of the victims are believed to remain inside the buildings. The fire broke out in a large housing complex in Tai Po, a residential district in the northern part of Hong Kong.

Two sisters were killed trying to rescue their disabled father from a house fire in Essex County on Thanksgiving, authorities said. Frantzia Fleury, 49, and Pojanee Fleury, 42, died in the fire that started around 5 p.m. Thursday at their home on 600 Mosswood Avenue in Orange, according to a spokesperson for the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office.

One person died in a fire in Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County, on Thanksgiving evening that drew firefighters from several communities.