More than a year before a massive blaze tore through the Wang Fuk Court housing estate in Hong Kong, residents had raised an alarm over the use of flammable construction materials during ongoing renovation works. Their concerns, largely dismissed at the time, have now resurfaced at the centre of a widening investigation into one of…
Hong Kong fire (PTI image) The death toll from the blaze at the Wang Fuk Court residential complex has risen to 128, authorities said on Friday. A news conference was addressed in which the officials confirmed that fire alarms in the affected buildings had not been operating properly when the fire broke out.Security Secretary Chris…
Hong Kong fire (Photo credit: AP) Firefighters in Hong Kong battled for a second day to extinguish a devastating blaze that tore through the Wang Fuk Court apartment complex, with the death toll rising to 94 in what officials describe as one of the city’s worst disasters in decades. Scores remain unaccounted for as rescuers…
Firefighters continued battling a massive blaze at a high-rise housing complex in Hong Kong for the second day on Thursday, as the death toll climbed to 75 and nearly 300 people remained unaccounted for, according to AP and BBC reports.Thick smoke and pockets of flame were still visible at the Wang Fuk Court complex in…
A man trapped for more than 24 hours inside one of the high-rise towers at Hong Kong’s Wang Fuk Court residential complex was pulled out alive on Thursday evening, even as the death toll from the devastating blaze climbed to at least 65, fire officials said. The survivor was located on the 16th floor of…
China Taiping Insurance Holdings Co. shares fell sharply on Thursday amid concerns over its exposure to a Hong Kong construction project linked to a devastating high-rise fire that has killed at least 44 people and left hundreds missing.The stock slid as much as 8.1% in early trading before trimming losses to about 2% by late…
Hong Kong fire (AP photo) Hong Kong, one of the world’s major financial centres, saw a tragic incident on Wednesday afternoon when a massive fire swept through high-rise towers. The flames tore through the Wang Fuk Court complex in Tai Po, killing more than 40 people and leaving hundreds injured or missing.As the fire raged,…
Firefighters in Hong Kong were still battling a massive blaze on Thursday after a deadly fire tore through a high-rise housing estate, killing at least 44 people and leaving hundreds missing.The disaster, financial hub’s worst fire in decades, erupted suddenly on Wednesday afternoon (local time) and rapidly consumed parts of the densely packed Wang Fuk…
A devastating fire tore through high-rise residential towers in Hong Kong and killed at least 36 people and left 279 missing.The hellfire raised an urgent question about why the blaze spread so quickly and what fuelled its deadly outburst. An ‘unusual’ fire that crept with help of styrofoam The disaster was one of the city’s…
At least 36 people were killed and more than 250 were injured due to a massive fire in a high rise residential building in Hong Kong.Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed condolences and urged the city to contain the disaster swiftly.State media reported that Xi called on authorities to “make every effort” to put out the…