Four Hong Kong fire department officers are testifying before an independent committee regarding the massive Wang Fuk Court fire. The investigation, which began last year, is ongoing after the blaze claimed 168 lives.

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Four officers from Hong Kong’s fire department are testifying on Wednesday before an independent committee investigating the Wang Fuk Court fire, as hearings enter their 17th day. The conflagration, which broke out on November 26 last year amid a major renovation, claimed 168 lives, displaced about 5,000 residents and destroyed seven of the estate’s eight...