Hong Kong Apartment Complex Fire (Nov 2025)

• Hong Kong Holds Vote as Officials Move Against ‘Anti-China’ Elements - The government is pushing hard to raise turnout in an election overshadowed by a deadly fire and public anger over safety lapses and official accountability.
• Survivors of the Deadly Hong Kong Fire Are in Limbo - Hong Kong, with some of the world’s highest housing costs and inequality, must now figure out how to help thousands of residents who lost friends, family and homes.
• The Hong Kong Fire: A Crisis in the National Security Era - The authorities quickly arrested critics demanding accountability, signaling an expansive use of the security law to silence dissent over nonpolitical tragedies.
• Hong Kong Contractors Used Unsafe Netting at Fire Site, Officials Say - Investigators say contractors wrapped the buildings in substandard scaffolding netting and then sought to hide it from inspectors. The toll from the fire rose to 151.
• Hong Kong’s Migrant Domestic Workers Mourn Their Losses in Deadly Fire - At least eight workers died, and many of those who survived, after saving children and others in their care, are worried about losing their jobs and being forced to leave.