Jen Mills
Published November 26, 2025 9:48am
Updated November 26, 2025 10:09am
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Previous Page Next PageAt least four people including a firefighter have died after fire ripped through bamboo scaffolding surrounding high-rise apartment buildings in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district.
Video from the scene showed an intense and rapidly burning fire, with multiple plumes of smoke reaching into the sky from the Wang Fuk Court housing estate.
The blaze was reported in the afternoon and upgraded to the second highest level of severity, the city’s Fire Services Department said.
Smoke rises as flames engulf bamboo scaffolding across multiple buildings at Wang Fuk Court housing estate, in Tai Po, Hong Kong (Picture: Reuters)
Smoke rises as flames engulf bamboo scaffolding across multiple buildings at Wang Fuk Court housing estate, in Tai Po, Hong Kong (Picture: Reuters)
The South China Morning Post reported that at least three of the skyscrapers had been affected, with footage showing burning sections of scaffolding falling to the ground.
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A resident in her sixties who gave her name as Mrs Poon questioned the response from authorities: ‘When there’s a wildfire, they will deploy helicopters and drop water bombs, but why is there no such deployment and how can they leave other buildings burning?’
First responders work the scene of a fire at Wang Fuk Court (Picture: AP)
A man reacts as smoke rises while flames engulf bamboo scaffolding (Picture: Reuters)
She added: ‘The community is so close to the fire station and we thought the fire could be put out soon, but now the fire has spread. I’m so disappointed.’
Another person who lived in the block, who left work early after hearing the news, said: ‘It’s so chaotic. No instructions from the government at all.’
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