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(From left) Lead counsel Victor Dawes SC, lawyer Lee Shu-wun and other members of the independent committee’s legal team arrive at City Gallery in Central on Wednesday. Photo: Elson Li

Tai Po fire probe: no on-site checks by firm due to ‘busy’ schedule – as it happened

10 hours ago04 mins

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. An independent committee examining the causes of Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades, which claimed 168 lives at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, concluded its second round of hearings on Wednesday. Chung Kit-man,…

Tai Po blaze: no fire safety system checks before firm sent 85 shutdown notices

1 day ago03 mins

A fire services company did not conduct any on-site inspections and merely acted as a “rubber stamp” in submitting 85 notices to shut down the hose reel system of a housing estate hit by Hong Kong’s deadliest blaze in decades, an inquiry has heard. Separate testimony from a Fire Services Department official also noted that…