November 28, 2025

During a press conference jointly held by the Hong Kong Security Bureau, Fire Services Department and the Hong Kong Police Force on Friday afternoon on the updates about the devastating five-alarm fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po housing estate, Secretary for Security Chris Tang revealed that preliminary investigations show that the external scaffolding nets and protective nets on the buildings engulfed in the fire met fire-resistance requirements, but the foam panels attached to the exterior windows were highly flammable.

All seven residential blocks of Wang Fuk Court engulfed by the fire were undergoing renovation before the incident, which raised public concern over whether the external scaffolding used in repair works posed safety risks.

The fire first broke out on the lower-level scaffolding of Wang Cheong Court, igniting the foam panels and causing the flames to spread upward rapidly, engulfing other buildings in Wang Fuk Court within a short period of time, Tang said during the press conference, according to local media reports. 

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