香港大埔王福邨致命火灾独立调查委员会首次听证会于周四上午10时开始，以默哀一分钟悼念遇难者。居民敦促委员会追究责任，法官承诺进行公正彻底的调查。
香港大埔王福邨上月发生的火灾是数十年来最致命的一起，已造成至少168人死亡，并使近5000名居民流离失所。周四上午10时，独立调查委员会首次听证会在默哀一分钟后开始，以悼念受害者。主席法官陆家辉概述了委员会的工作，并强调调查应尽量减少对正在进行的刑事、民事案件和死因裁判庭调查的影响。
陆法官表示：“换言之，我们不希望委员会的工作影响任何被告的公平审判权，或让任何人逃避应承担的法律责任。”王福邨居民敦促委员会识别并追究责任方。
据知情人士透露，听证会将于3月中旬开始，直至5月，大部分会议将向公众开放，包括对高级公务员和部门负责人的交叉质询。居民周三争相获取400个公众席位门票，希望调查能追究火灾责任。
知情人士说：“鉴于公众利益，公众应能了解进展。”预计各种政府部门代表将作为证人出庭接受委员会律师的质询。
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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.
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.
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Hong Kong's inquiry into the deadly Tai Po fire at Wang Fuk Court heard that the temporary removal of fireproof windows complied with regulations. Panel chairman Mr Justice David Lok Kai-hong questioned whether existing rules fairly balance workers' welfare and residents' safety. The inferno, which lasted 43 hours starting November 26 last year, killed 168 people in the deadliest blaze since 1948.
At the latest hearing into Hong Kong's deadly November 2025 Tai Po fire, survivors testified on Monday praising Pak Shui-lin, who knocked on neighbours' doors to warn them during the blaze but died in it. Her husband Sdanni Yip Ka-kui and neighbour Lam Yin-ming said her actions were heroic yet 'a natural one that everyone would do', adding she 'did not deserve to suffer such a fate'.
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Thousands of Hongkongers braved heavy rains to observe Ching Ming Festival by sweeping tombs, with Wang Fuk Court survivors returning to the fire site to mourn victims. The outing occurred under thundery showers, prompting the Observatory to issue an amber rainstorm warning at 2.05pm. The blaze at the Tai Po estate on November 26 killed 168 people and displaced 5,000 others.