上月太原大火引发香港居民呼吁引入集体诉讼机制，但长期搁置的改革提案成为障碍。该悲剧造成168人死亡，近5000人流离失所，受影响居民表达了对集体法律行动的支持。
太原大火发生于去年11月，造成168人丧生，近5000人无家可归。这场悲剧发生在王福苑的宏盛楼等住宅楼，引发居民质疑是否需要更好的集体法律行动方式来追究责任。
45岁的黄柏芝是失去家园的居民之一，他正在处理宏盛楼公寓的索赔事宜。他支持建立集体诉讼机制。“如果可能，我们希望引入集体诉讼机制。如果它能帮助防止此类悲剧再次发生，我们当然支持，”黄柏芝表示。
一位七十多岁的退休老人姓李，他的母亲在火灾中丧生。他计划追究法律责任，并希望获得法律援助资助案件。
法律专家呼吁当局推进长期搁置的集体法律行动提案，以应对此类事件。香港法改会等机构的相关讨论已持续多年，但改革仍未落实。
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Residents of Hong Kong's Wang Fuk Court have returned to the fire-ravaged ruins in recent days, climbing stairs to retrieve jewellery, cash, photo albums and keepsakes before bidding farewell to their homes. The fire services chief acknowledged at a hearing that departments need better communication while insisting on clear divisions of responsibility. The blaze killed 168 people.
Hong Kong has launched a public consultation on proposed amendments to the Fire Services Ordinance, six months after a deadly fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po.
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The independent committee probing the deadly Wang Fuk Court fire in Tai Po held its first evidential session, uncovering six human factors behind the near-total failure of fire safety measures. Leading counsel Victor Dawes SC highlighted denials of responsibility by the Labour Department, Fire Services Department, and Housing Bureau's Independent Checking Unit for the HK$336 million project. Details also emerged on the death of firefighter Ho Wai-ho amid the November inferno that killed 168.
Firefighters battling Hong Kong’s deadliest inferno in decades prioritized controlling the blaze over evacuating residents due to its unprecedented scale, a public inquiry has heard. Four Fire Services Department officers testified on Monday about the initial stages of the 43-hour fire that ravaged Wang Fuk Court in November. Commander Raymond Wong King-man stated, “If you cannot put out the fire, how can you save those trapped inside?”
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The administrator of the fire-damaged Wang Fuk Court estate has assured residents that the Hong Kong government will assume responsibility for insurance claims if owners accept the buy-back offer.