Most of the dead were said to be the club’s kitchen workers, as well as three to four tourists.

The meeting comes as the authorities scramble to contain public anger over the blaze, in which poor oversight and shoddy materials used in a renovation have been cited as causes of the fire's devastating spread.

City leader John Lee had urged the public to head to the polls, saying their ballots represented reform and support to the fire victims.

Fighter jets use their radar for fire control to identify targets as well as for search and rescue operations.

New Delhi’s new labour laws are helping to legitimise the view that an eight-hour day is too lax, says Andy Mukherjee for Bloomberg Opinion.