香港消防员在应对数十年来最致命火灾时，优先控制火势而非疏散居民，一项公开调查听取了相关证词。火灾于11月袭击太庇王福苑，持续43小时。新界北副高级消防官梁景文解释称，若无法扑灭火势，便难以拯救被困者。
周一，四名消防处官员在法官领导的独立委员会公开听证会上，分享了王福苑火灾初期行动情况。该火灾波及该屋苑八座大厦中的七座，火焰迅速蔓延，导致居民被困家中难以救援。
时任新界北副高级消防官、現休假前梁景文表示，11月26日首10小时火势猛烈，对消防员构成巨大挑战。他形容救援为双轨进程，直至11月27日上午他移交指挥权时，已处理310宗求救呼叫中的129宗，但前一晚10时前仅完成13宗救援。
梁景文说：「我们总是说这是双轨进程。如果你不能扑灭火势，怎么救里面被困的人？」委员会听取了这些证词，以调查这场持续43小时的灾难。
Hong Kong's Fire Services Department has formed a new steering committee to assess operational strategies for major fire incidents following the deadly blaze at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po. The inferno, the city's worst in decades, killed 168 people and displaced around 5,000 residents.
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A Hong Kong fire official defended declining mainland Chinese firefighters' help during a public hearing into the city's deadliest blaze in decades. Deputy Chief Fire Officer Sunny Wong Sze-lut cited incompatibility and sufficient local manpower. Chief Executive John Lee vowed reforms to improve public safety.
Hong Kong authorities have offered to buy back flats destroyed in the Wang Fuk Court blaze at HK$8,000 or HK$10,500 per square foot, but some residents expressed disappointment over the lack of on-site redevelopment. Deputy Financial Secretary Michael Wong Wai-lun announced the plan, which will cost HK$6.8 billion and rule out rebuilding at the original site. The November fire killed 168 people and displaced about 5,000 residents.
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Government social workers in Hong Kong supporting survivors of the deadly Tai Po fire are struggling to manage their indefinite duties, with poor communication on aid plans adding to their heavy workloads. Several social workers, including a union leader, told the South China Morning Post they need clarity from authorities on roles and duties to better handle public expectations and get help from agencies like the Housing Bureau. The call for support follows the death of a social worker under the one social worker per household initiative, who collapsed on the street in late January.