Hong Kong, March 24, 2026 (AFP) - Residents recount guilt, chaos in hearing on deadly Hong Kong fire

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2026-03-24

Survivors who escaped the massive blaze that killed 168 people at a Hong Kong housing estate last year told a public hearing Tuesday they still blame themselves for failing to save their neighbours. The November 26 fire at Wang Fuk Court, a high-rise complex in the financial hub's Tai Po district, was the world's deadliest residential building fire since 1980 and Hong Kong's worst since 1948. The inferno swept through seven of the estate's eight......

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