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Hong Kong fire inquiry opens into deadly Tai Po blaze

The first hearings into Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades have begun, focusing on the Wang Fuk housing complex in Tai Po, where 168 people lost their lives last November.

19 Mar 2026-10:58
Hong Kong to buy homes destroyed in deadly high-rise fire

Hong Kong plans to spend about HK$4 billion ($512 million) to buy out owners of apartments in the Wang Fuk Court housing complex, devastated by a fire last November that killed over 160 people, authorities said Saturday.

21 Feb 2026-13:48
Support fund for residential complex fire totals 4 bln HKD: HKSAR gov't

20 Dec 2025-21:01
Hong Kong fire death toll reaches 160

The death toll from a massive fire that engulfed seven high-rise towers in Hong Kong in late November has risen to 160, authorities confirmed Tuesday after completing the final stage of search operations.

09 Dec 2025-13:55
Hong Kong launches judge-led probe after deadly fire

Hong Kong’s government has ordered a judge-led inquiry into the city’s deadliest fire in decades, which killed at least 151 people at the Wang Fuk Court housing complex. Authorities arrested 13 people for suspected manslaughter and 12 in a related corruption probe.

02 Dec 2025-10:56
Hong Kong fire toll hits 146 as search intensifies

Hong Kong authorities are continuing to search the fire-ravaged towers of the Wang Fuk Court housing estate, where at least 146 people have been confirmed dead in the city’s worst blaze in more than seven decades. Police have finished sweeping four of the seven burned buildings and say the remaining blocks are the most dangerous, with the final phase of the search expected to take weeks.

01 Dec 2025-09:25
Hong Kong police arrests 3 for residential area fire

27 Nov 2025-06:21

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