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Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Latest news and updates on the fire at Wang Fuk Court in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district that has killed at least 159 people, including a firefighter. Scores of people were also hurt.

Support Fund for Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po

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Hong Kong Red Cross

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Operation Santa Claus Emergency Appeal

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Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Welfare Council

https://www.skhwc.org.hk/en/

Hong Kong Family Welfare Society

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Po Leung Kuk

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Feeding Hong Kong

https://feedinghk.org/

The government has imposed a deadline of the end of Saturday to remove scaffolding nets. Photo: Dickson Lee

Buildings Department (Hong Kong)

Hong Kong contractors race to remove scaffolding nets after Tai Po fire

Firms are scrambling to meet government’s Saturday deadline, with some requesting extensions.

2 hours ago

Hong Kong

Lessons not learned, Hong Kong construction council says after site checks

2 hours ago

Hong Kong

From shoes to scholarships: Hongkongers unite for Tai Po fire victims

31 minutes ago

Hong Kong society

‘Like a ghost town’: Hong Kong neighbourhood struggles to adjust after fatal fire

With the flames put out and cordons lifted, residents living near the charred remains of Wang Fuk Court now reckon with how to move forward.

5 hours agovideocam

The heavily burned buildings of Wang Fuk Court. Photo: Elson Li

Hong Kong

Want to donate in cash or kind? How to help Hong Kong’s embattled fire victims

Hong Kong community has rallied to support displaced families with organisations establishing collection points for essential supplies.

1 Dec 2025 - 10:18PM

John Lee

Hong Kong to focus on mental health support after fire, seek smoking ban at sites

City leader John Lee says all of society ‘emanating sadness’, while labour chief vows government will push for ban on smoking at construction sites.

5 Dec 2025 - 11:40PM

Legislative Council election 2025

Legco election hopefuls scale back campaigning in Hong Kong fire aftermath

Contenders also unveil new policy platforms in run-up to Sunday’s poll, including calls for thorough investigation into fire.

5 Dec 2025 - 10:12PM

The Legislative Council election will take place on Sunday. Photo: Dickson Lee

Mental health

Some Hong Kong fire survivors reluctant to relive horror for judge-led panel

Residents of Wang Fuk Court destroyed in blaze say providing accounts of what happened could be overwhelming.

5 Dec 2025 - 8:35PM

Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy: Video

Tai Po inferno: Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy – an infographic

See why the fires that ravaged the Wang Fuk Court high-rise tower complex are among the worst in the city’s history.

4 Dec 2025 - 11:32AM

EdUHK

500 pupils affected by Hong Kong fire resume classes at university this week

Tai Po Baptist Public School pupils studying in temporary classrooms at Education University, with support from teachers, psychologists.

5 Dec 2025 - 6:42PM

Tai Po Baptist Public School pupils enjoy a physical education class held in the Education University gymnasium. Photo: Jelly Tse

Hong Kong fires and safety

As I see it | Politicisation of Hong Kong’s fire tragedy in Western media a new low

There has been an unhelpful propensity to view the fire and its aftermath through the lens of a Western version of democracy.

6 Dec 2025 - 9:30AMvideocam

Members of the Disaster Victims Identification Unit work at the scene of the fire in Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po on December 3. Photo: Sam Tsang

Lessons from China's history

Reflections | In wake of Tai Po blaze, China’s long and difficult struggle fighting fire

The qualities that made buildings beautiful in premodern Chinese cities also made them dangerously flammable, and fire was a constant threat.

6 Dec 2025 - 8:15AM

Hong Kong society

10 pictures of 10 days of Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

A collection of pictures from Post photographers of the blaze at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, which has claimed at least 159 lives, and its aftermath.

5 Dec 2025 - 9:11PM

Ethnic minorities in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s religious communities unite in prayer to mourn Tai Po fire victims

Muslims and other faith groups express solidarity and sorrow for victims of deadly blaze at Wang Fuk Court.

5 Dec 2025 - 7:29PM

The Incorporated Trustees of the Islamic Community Fund of Hong Kong held a special prayer session at Kowloon Mosque in Tsim Sha Tsui to pay respect to the victims of the Tai Po fire. Photo: Dickson Lee

Hong Kong society

K-pop girl group Twice to proceed with Hong Kong concert this weekend

Concert organiser Live Nation says it will donate part of revenue from ticket sales to support relief measures for victims of Tai Po blaze.

5 Dec 2025 - 6:55PM

K-pop girl group Twice will perform in Hong Kong on Saturday and Sunday. Photo: Twice

Indonesia

Hong Kong fire: dead Indonesian helper found huddled with ward hailed as selfless

Her grieving husband says his wife would have survived had she fled first, as the flat where she worked was on the fourth floor.

5 Dec 2025 - 10:29PM

Hong Kong

What does a city do after the unthinkable? It shows up

Near Wang Fuk Court, volunteers from across the city gathered to offer help, lay flowers and turn Tai Po into a place of shared care.

5 Dec 2025 - 5:48PM

Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy: Video

Video | ‘They were hugging each other’ when they died in Tai Po fire

Yayuk Setyowati looked for her older sister for four days before a DNA test confirmed her death.

5 Dec 2025 - 4:56PM

‘They were hugging each other’ when they died in Tai Po fire

Hong Kong fires and safety

Hong Kong Baptist University suspends student union amid fire-related messages

University accused of silencing union after removing messages from campus mourning victims of the deadly Tai Po blaze and calling for justice.

5 Dec 2025 - 10:32PM

Hong Kong

Local businesses are supporting Tai Po fire relief. Here’s how to help

Book a seven-course charity dinner or join a vintage and second-hand clothing swap, with all proceeds going to the Red Cross, and much more.

5 Dec 2025 - 3:15PM

Hong Kong fires and safety

Hong Kong developers push for smoking ban at construction sites after deadly fire

Two developers already stepping up measures, with viral video showing workers being told: ‘If anyone is caught smoking, they will have to leave’.

5 Dec 2025 - 11:23PM

Workers at a construction site in Kai Tak. Photo: Jelly Tse

Hong Kong fires and safety

Letters | Rather than point fingers, Hongkongers should join hands to rebuild

Readers discuss the need to focus on recovery amid an official investigation of the Tai Po fire, the multiple causes of the tragedy, and Hong Kong’s retail downturn.

5 Dec 2025 - 11:30AM

Mourners fold paper cranes during a memorial event held outside the Wang Fuk Court apartment blocks on December 3, in the aftermath of the deadly November 26 fire in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district. Photo: AFP

What to do in Hong Kong

5 things to do in Hong Kong and ways to help this weekend, December 5-7

Whether heading to a bar that gives proceeds to Tai Po fire victims or donating essentials, there are various ways you can help this weekend.

5 Dec 2025 - 10:54AM

Hong Kong politics

Opinion | Legco poll a chance for Hong Kong to show its resilience after Tai Po fire

The election is an opportunity for the city to display maturity in the face of loss and prove civic participation can coexist with national security and solidarity.

5 Dec 2025 - 9:30AMvideocam

Hong Kong

‘I’m worried’: residents of Hong Kong estates in limbo after renovation suspended

Owners at estates with projects by beleaguered contractor for Wang Fuk Court fear they might need to hire new company and spend even more.

5 Dec 2025 - 6:29PM

The blaze at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po has sparked citywide checks of work by renovation contractor Prestige Construction and Engineering Company. Photo: Karma Lo

Accidents and personal safety

‘Darkest corner’: firefighters haunted by Hong Kong blaze but vow to keep serving

Firefighters recount extreme challenges of operation at Wang Fuk Court, with some struggling emotionally after finding so many bodies.

5 Dec 2025 - 10:37AM

Firefighters are seen outside the Tai Po fire on December 4. Photo: Karma Lo

Hong Kong

Flat owners warned as consultant on fire-hit Hong Kong estate signals exit

Hong Kong Association of Property Management Companies tells the Post some members notified of closure of Will Power Architects.

4 Dec 2025 - 10:39PM

Hong Kong

Give pupils and parents say on axing Christmas parties, Hong Kong schools told

Disappointed students say axed Christmas celebrations would have helped take their minds off tragedy in Tai Po.

5 Dec 2025 - 1:56PMvideocam

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