An investigation revealed that a fire services company lacked proper on-site inspection when issuing 85 shutdown notices after a major blaze in Hong Kong. Additionally, a different contractor failed to report drained fire water tanks and power failures at the site.

A fire services company did not conduct any on-site inspections and merely acted as a “rubber stamp” in submitting 85 notices to shut down the hose reel system of a housing estate hit by Hong Kong’s deadliest blaze in decades, an inquiry has heard. Separate testimony from a Fire Services Department official also noted that another contractor failed to notify authorities after discovering that Wang Fuk Court’s fire water tanks were drained and the main power switches for the fire hose reels and.....