‘Like a ghost town’: Hong Kong neighbourhood struggles to adjust after fatal fire
‘Like a ghost town’: Hong Kong neighbourhood struggles to adjust after fatal fire
Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades has been put out, but the sight of the charred remains of Wang Fuk Court’s housing blocks still conjures up painful emotions and all too vivid memories for many people in the surrounding neighbourhood.
The fire started on Wednesday last week, raging for 43 hours and engulfing seven of the estate’s eight towers before it was extinguished. At least 159 people died in the inferno.
On Friday, residents from the nearby Kwong Fuk Estate public housing complex were…
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