# Hong Kong authorities charged seven people and two companies with offenses including manslaughter and conspiracy over the city’s deadliest fire in decades in November last year. The blaze engulfed seven apartment buildings and killed 168 people. Relatives of the victims have been waiting for answers since after the fire shattered the close-knit community of Wang Fuk Court, which housed thousands of people in the suburban district of Tai Po. An independent enquiry revealed almost all fire safety systems failed because of human error.
Hong Kong charges seven people and two companies over deadly fire that killed 168