China will inspect high-rise buildings across the nation for fire safety, its government said on Saturday, in the wake of the deadly fire in a Hong Kong housing complex that has claimed at least 128 lives.

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HONG KONG, Nov. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — ViaBTC announced a donation of HKD 3 million to the Hong Kong SAR Government to aid emergency relief and community reconstruction following the fire incident at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po. The contribution aims to assist affected residents in restoring normal lives as quickly as possible.

In view of the fire incident at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, the Hong Kong leg of the 12th National Games for Persons with Disabilities and the 9th National Special Olympic Games torch relay will be cancelled.

Officials reveal alarms did not sound in all eight blocks of Wang Fuk Court during previous tests. Residents unaware of danger around them.

Two senior mainland officials visited residents affected by the Tai Po fire on Friday to convey the sympathies of

The Chief Executive convenes another meeting to co-ordinate policy bureaus and departments, actively advancing efforts to put out the fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, rescue residents and conduct a comprehensive investigation.

Excessive heat and raging flames that engulfed a Tai Po estate in one of Hong Kong’s deadliest fires posed the biggest challenges for firefighters, experts have said, as they dismissed suggestions that height limitations of aerial ladders added to the blaze’s severity.