Ian Chu returned to his home in Tai Po to take a final picture of the sea view before it disappears due to renovations. He lived in Wang Cheong House, which was tragically impacted by the devastating Hong Kong blaze.

To Ian Chu, capturing one last image of the sea view from his home before it disappears was a final wish as he returned on Saturday to the scene of the deadly Hong Kong blaze to collect his belongings. Chu lived in Wang Cheong House, one of eight residential blocks at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, where 81 of the 168 deaths occurred in the inferno that shocked the city in November. His flat faces the Tolo Harbour. “Since the renovations I have not seen the ocean, the sunlight … so I just tried to...