US Edition‘Please Lord, Help Me’: Hong Kong ‘Helper’ Saved Toddler and His Grandma as Towers Burned
The fire killed at least 128 people with 200 missing and exposed risks faced by 368,000 foreign domestic helpers living in cramped conditions in Hong Kong.
- On November 26 a fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po engulfed seven of eight buildings, killing 128 people with about 200 unaccounted for as people gathered Nov. 29.
- Foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong, about 368,000 mostly women, often live in cramped spaces and earn monthly wages as low as HK$5000 , raising their fire risk; migrant worker agencies urge aid inclusion.
- A rescued caregiver, Rhodora Alcaraz, 28, cradled a three-month-old in a wet blanket while trapped, and Fita urged her employer to evacuate after seeing two buildings burning.
- At a sports centre near Wang Fuk Court, volunteers sorted supplies on courts filled with mattresses and duvets while Indonesia reported six casualties and the Philippines listed 28 residents missing.
- Migrant refuge Bethune House warned that two workers lost jobs after the fire and evacuees reported trauma, while advocates noted economic and legal hurdles from missing documents.
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Migrant groups mobilise support for domestic workers as 7 Indonesians confirmed dead in Tai Po fire
HK migrant labour NGOs are working around the clock to locate domestic workers still missing after the fatal Tai Po fire and to support survivors, as more migrant workers have been confirmed dead in the tragedy.
Minutes of silence and flags on half mast: after the devastating fire in Hong Kong with more than 100 deaths, the city mourns for the victims. As a result of the disaster, there were eleven arrests.
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‘Please Lord, help me’: Hong Kong ‘helper’ saved toddler and his grandma as towers burned
Choking back tears, Vame Mariz Wayas Verador says she is still haunted by the inferno after she carried the terrified boy down 17 storeys to safety, while refusing to leave his grandmother behind.
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