US EditionGrieving Hong Kong families search stark photos for fire victims
Authorities investigate renovation-related causes after fire kills 94 and leaves over 200 missing in Tai Po residential estate, Hong Kong's deadliest blaze in decades.
- On Friday, the Wang Fuk estate in Tai Po suffered a deadly blaze that left at least 94 dead and more than 200 missing, described as Hong Kong's worst fire in decades.
- Investigators say the blaze spread via the bamboo scaffolding and construction netting, while police say renovation materials failed fire-resistant standards, including highly flammable styrofoam, during renovations since last summer.
- Firefighters and search teams conducted floor-by-floor searches in accessible buildings while relatives viewed dozens of photos at community hall/mortuary photo-viewing, and Lisa Chu, Wang Fuk resident, fled from the ninth floor with her husband Sam.
- Local businesses and volunteers mobilised cash and in-kind aid for victims, with major business groups and civilians donating millions and grassroots drives, while social workers and paramedics staffed support centres as police limited access.
- Police investigators opened a criminal investigation into the blaze while firefighters remain to preserve evidence, and three men from the construction company were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter.
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Four days after the devastating fire in a cluster of Hong Kong apartment buildings, more than forty people are still missing. They may be inside one of the burned-out towers. Emergency services have now searched four of the seven affected buildings, but it could take weeks before the searches are completed. Visibility inside is poor. This makes thoroughly checking the hundreds of apartments slow. "The remaining buildings are the most difficult,"…
Grieving Hong Kong Families Search Stark Photos For Fire Victims
A middle-aged woman emerged, weeping and clinging to her companion, from a community hall now used as a victim identification station in the shadow of smouldering apartment towers that mark Hong Kong's worst fire in decades.
The deadly fire that broke out on Wednesday in the Wang Fuk Court residential complex in Hong Kong, which houses about 2,000 apartment units, has so far claimed at least 128 lives. Rescue work has ended, but 150 people are still missing. Thousands are currently homeless. Three days of mourning have been declared, and regional officials attended a memorial service in front of the government building on Saturday.
In Pictures: Hongkongers mourn at Tai Po fire site as police sweep finds no bodies at 2 residential blocks
Hong Kong police have said that their special unit found no bodies on Saturday after completing a search of two blocks of the Wang Fu Court residential complex, which was hit by a massive fire this week. Hongkongers mourn those killed in the Tai Po blaze on November 29, 2025. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. After conducting a sweep of Wang Tao House and Wang Yan House, the Police Disaster Victims Identification Unit (DVIU) rescued three cats and a tortois…
Hundreds of volunteers are helping victims of the city-state's worst fire in nearly 80 years. At the same time, three days of mourning and an extended period of investigation begin.
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