Hong Kong says deficient netting spread deadly Wang Fuk blaze
Police say substandard fire-resistant netting was responsible for spreading the fire at Hong Kong’s Wang Fuk Court.
![People pray as they lay flowers at a makeshift memorial near Wang Fuk Court housing estate to pay tribute to victims of the deadly fire at the housing complex, in Tai Po, Hong Kong, China, on Dec. 1, 2025. [Lam Yik/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/image-1764621522.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Police say substandard fire-resistant netting was responsible for spreading the fire at Hong Kong’s Wang Fuk Court.
![People pray as they lay flowers at a makeshift memorial near Wang Fuk Court housing estate to pay tribute to victims of the deadly fire at the housing complex, in Tai Po, Hong Kong, China, on Dec. 1, 2025. [Lam Yik/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/image-1764621522.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)


![Wong 71, reacts after claiming his wife is trapped inside Wang Fuk Court during a major fire, in Tai Po, Hong Kong, China on Nov. 26, 2025. [Tyrone Siu/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/image-1764176788.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Zohran Mamdani reacts next to his parents Mahmood Mamdani and Mira Nair and wife Rama Duwaji during a watch party for his primary election in New York City, US on June 25, 2025. [David Delgado/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/image-1763845703.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![US President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani speak to members of the media as they meet in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 21, 2025. [Jonathan Ernst/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/image-1763819114.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)

![Ugandans are celebrating New York City Mayor-Elect, Zohran Mamdani’s historic ascension to city hall following election results on Nov. 4, 2025. [AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/image-1762375663.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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