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Tai Po fire survivors mourn heroine who alerted neighbours to flames

2 hours ago02 mins

Survivors of Hong Kong’s deadliest blaze in decades have mourned a woman who heroically knocked on neighbours’ doors to alert them to the flames but died in the tragedy, after fire alarms at Wang Fuk Court failed to go off. Pak Shui-lin’s husband, Sdanni Yip Ka-kui, and neighbour Lam Yin-ming, both Wang Tai House residents,…

Fire ravaged seven of the eight towers at Wang Fuk Court. Photo: Sam Tsang

Fire alarm, pump systems switched off before tragedy, Tai Po blaze panel told

3 hours ago03 mins

Fire alarm and firefighting pump systems at the housing estate engulfed in Hong Kong’s deadliest blaze in decades were found to have been switched off a week before the tragedy struck, with no action taken to reactivate them, an evidential hearing has been told. An independent committee investigating the Tai Po blaze, which broke out…