Death toll hits 55 in Hong Kong’s worst fire in 7 decades

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society...gation-launched

- 55 people, including a firefighter, have died. Fifty one were found dead at the scene.

- As of 2.30pm, 76 people are in hospital – 15 in critical condition, 28 deemed serious

- Full-scale rescue work is ongoing, with a woman, an elderly man and pets evacuated from buildings

- The eight residential blocks in the estate had been undergoing renovations since July 2024, sheathed in bamboo scaffolding and green mesh


Wat!!! Under renovations???!!! When I see the scaffoldings and green nettings, in yesterday's news, I thought the buildings were still under construction. 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

"About 280 are still unaccounted for and rescue work continues amid flames now retreating onto the upper floors of three of the residential blocks."

This post has been edited by ScooterBoi: Nov 27 2025, 04:04 PM

More details...
The blaze broke out at Wang Fuk Court, a large housing complex in Hong Kong's Tai Po district, at 14:51 local time on Wednesday (06:51 GMT).

Wang Fuk Court consists of eight tower blocks, each 31 storeys high. Seven have been affected by the fire, Tai Po district councillor Mui Siu-fung told BBC Chinese. Built in 1983, the tower blocks were undergoing renovations when the fire broke out.

Tai Po is a residential district in the northern part of Hong Kong, near the city of Shenzhen on the Chinese mainland.

The complex provides 1,984 apartments for some 4,600 residents, according to a 2021 government census.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxe9r7wjgro.amp

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Under renovation since July 2024 and the buildings are wrapped with bamboo scaffoldings and green nettings, and thousands of residents still living there and moving in and out daily... windows fully blocked and enclosed by the nettings... still okay?

It's a fire trap and disaster awaiting anyone - any resident or outsider - to set it alight.

And it's not one building under renovation, but all 8 buildings under going renovation at one go.

When the final death toll is confirmed, everyone will look like fools.

Families arrive to identify bodies as Hong Kong fire death toll rises to 94 on day 3

More bodies pulled from the site as firefighters use aerial ladder to extinguish lingering flames on upper floor of a block at Wang Fuk Court...

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society...continues-day-3

In one report, a few upper floor units in 3 blocks were still burning late last night (Thursday). It was estimated to fully doused by 9am today (Friday).

Cremated...

gonng yan sei kan ahhhh

(poor people certain to drop dead like flies ahhh)



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