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Filipino domestic helper Vame Mariz Wayas Verador breaks down in tears as she recalls her escape from the building fire.

‘Please Lord, help me’: Hong Kong ‘helper’ saved toddler and his grandma as towers burned

Choking back tears, Vame Mariz Wayas Verador says she is still haunted by the inferno after she carried the terrified boy down 17 storeys to safety, while refusing to leave his grandmother behind.

  • Lisa Visentin and Daniel Ceng

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Hong Kong’s Disaster Victims Identification Unit at the site after the fire at the Wang Fuk Court residential estate.

‘They refused’: Residents urged action on fire safety a year before Hong Kong inferno

Investigators have focused on green netting that covered scaffolding, and polystyrene panels installed to protect windows. The estate’s residents had raised concerns about these materials in 2024.

  • Selam Gebrekidan, Amy Chang Chien and Joy Dong
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Toby’s mum’s phone is still ringing, but she hasn’t picked up since the fire

The 36-year-old has taken his place in the procession of ashen faces making their way into a community hall turned makeshift victim identification centre in the shadow of Wang Fuk Court’s burnt-out towers.

  • Lisa Visentin and Daniel Ceng
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Graphics and video show Hong Kong fire’s rapid, deadly spread

Investigators are piecing together how the city’s worst fire in decades tore through seven high-rise buildings in minutes.

  • Tom Housden and Matt Willis
Firefighters with flashlights search for survivors inside a burned building at Wang Fuk Court.

Hong Kong nears end of search and rescue mission as tower fire toll rises to 94

Hundreds of residents remain unaccounted for as firefighters mostly contained the blaze at a high-rise apartment complex, one of the deadliest fires in the city’s history.

  • Tyrone Siu, Joyce Zhou and Jessie Pang
Bystanders look on as flames engulf the buildings.

Police pursue ‘grossly negligent’ construction firm over Hong Kong fire, with hundreds still missing

Almost a full day after the fire began, firefighters were struggling to reach residents potentially trapped on the upper floors of the Wang Fuk Court housing complex.

  • Tyrone Siu, Joyce Zhou and Jessie Pang
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Thick smoke and flames rise as a major fire engulfs several apartment blocks at the Wang Fuk Court.

Hong Kong fire highlights risky choice of bamboo scaffolding

For decades in the skyscraper-strewn former British colony, builders have relied on one cheap, abundant, and flexible material to work on their towers.

  • James Pomfret and Clare Jim
Three men have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter over a fire that continues to burn across multiple high-rise apartment buildings in a Hong Kong housing complex, killing at least 44 people with nearly 300 missing.
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Massive Hong Kong apartment fire kills dozens

Three men have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter over a fire that continues to burn across multiple high-rise apartment buildings in a Hong Kong housing complex, killing at least 44 people with nearly 300 missing.

Residents rest at a temporary shelter after a fire broke out at Wang Fuk Court, a residential estate in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong’s New Territories.

‘We wouldn’t have made it’: Couple’s terrifying escape from Hong Kong inferno

Tong PingMoon said he first smelled smoke about 3pm. Soon after, a firefighter was banging on his door.

  • Joy Dong
Justine Schofield sampled everything from street food to Michelin-starred meals while filming in Hong Kong.

It’s been 16 years since she was on MasterChef, but there’s one thing Justine Schofield won’t do any more

She was once a TV novice, but now she is a master, filming her foodie travelogue series in just 12 days in hectic conditions in Hong Kong.

  • Bridget McManus

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