Hong Kong charges 7 people and 2 firms over massive fire that killed 168
Authorities filed 25 counts against seven people and two companies after the blaze killed 168 and displaced thousands, officials said.
- On Wednesday, Hong Kong authorities charged seven individuals and two companies with 25 counts over the fatal Nov. 26, 2025, Wang Fuk Court fire that killed 168 people.
- The massive blaze engulfed seven apartment buildings on Nov. 26, 2025, marking the city's deadliest residential fire in decades and prompting a months-long investigation.
- Fire alarm systems for seven of eight blocks were deactivated, which leading counsel Victor Dawes stated "greatly shortened the time for residents to evacuate."
- The charges against the seven individuals, including directors and inspectors of a consultancy firm and the main contractor, encompass money laundering, tax evasion, and attempting to pervert the course of public justice.
- In March, police and the Independent Commission Against Corruption arrested 38 people for manslaughter and fraud, with another 23 suspected of bribery and conspiracy, as cases proceed to court.
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Seven people and two companies were charged with 25 crimes, including involuntary murder, related to a fire in 2025 in a skyscraper in Hong Kong, which killed 168 people.
Manslaughter charges laid over deadly Hong Kong fire
HONG KONG — Authorities in Hong Kong have charged two companies and seven people with offenses including manslaughter, conspiracy to defraud and attempt to pervert the course of justice over the city’s deadliest fire in seven decadesThe massive blaze engulfed seven apartment buildings and killed 168 people on Nov. 26, 2025. Former residents and relatives of the dead have been waiting for answers for months after the fire shattered the close-knit…
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Hong Kong files charges over deadliest fire in decades
HONG KONG — Hong Kong filed manslaughter charges against several people and companies on Wednesday over the world's deadliest residential building fire in decades, which killed 168 people at a public housing estate last year. The massive blaze, which engulfed seven of the eight high-rise apartment blocks at the Wang Fuk Court estate in November, prompted a months-long investigation into the cause. Public hearings were told that almost all life-s…
On Wednesday, the Hong Kong authorities brought charges of manslaughter against several people and companies in the investigation into the fire of several residential towers that had killed 168 people in November, the most deadly fire in a residential complex in the world since 1980. ...
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