香港大埔王福苑致命火灾独立调查委员会周二听取证词，指临时拆除防火窗符合规定。委员会主席质疑现行法规是否公平平衡工人福利与居民安全。该场持续43小时的大火造成168人死亡，是1948年以来香港最致命火灾。
独立调查委员会周二举行公开证据听证会，听取劳工处高级职业安全主任李文邦的证词。他表示，王福苑八座31层高的建筑物临时开设开口，便于装修工人进入棚架，因为行业守则禁止他们沿竹架攀爬。此举符合《建筑地盘（安全）规例》。
李文邦补充，一名部门官员曾误导王福苑居民，声称装修材料的防火性能不在法律管辖范围内，且棚架网着火风险低。委员会法律团队先前将悲剧归因于六个人为因素，包括后楼梯更换可移动木板代替窗户。
主席戴启洪法官质疑，现行法规是否令工人利益与居民安全对立。该火灾波及王福苑八座楼宇中的七座，造成168人死亡，近5000人流离失所。
听证会关注火灾成因及监管缺失，王福苑位于大埔。
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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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?”
A resident of Hong Kong's fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po reported that drawers and boxes in her flat appeared ransacked, prompting a police probe and rekindling burglary fears in the sealed complex. The incident came to light after a government social worker sent her a photo on Monday. Police inspected the flat on Tuesday morning.
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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.
Hong Kong police have recovered a credit card suspected of misuse from a sealed flat damaged in the deadly blaze at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po. The incident follows residents' growing concerns about property safety after a recent burglary and arrests of construction workers. The card owner deactivated it promptly and avoided any financial loss.