Tai Po blaze: no fire safety system checks before firm sent 85 shutdown notices

A fire services company never conducted any on-site inspections before submitting 85 notices to shut down the hose reel system of a housing estate hit by Hong Kong’s deadliest blaze in decades, conceding that it acted as a “rubber stamp” to handle paperwork for the renovation contractor, an evidential hearing has been told. Separate testimony from a Fire Services Department official also noted that another contractor had failed to notify authorities after discovering that Wang Fuk Court’s fir...

By Matthew Cheng,Leopold Chen