Скачать или смотреть Officials give update on Hong Kong fire search and rescue, as tributes left in memorial area

(30 Nov 2025)
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Hong Kong - 30 November 2025
1. Wide of briefing
2. Pan from a photograph showing the search operation inside buildings to wide of briefing
3. SOUNDBITE (Cantonese) Cheng Ka-chun, Officer in charge of Disaster Victims Identification Unit, Hong Kong Police Force:
“After the fire, many buildings in many places have become completely charred, the whole house is pitch black, no electricity on site, and no normal lighting. The working environment on site is quite harsh. Even with a little sunlight during the day, the light entering from windows is not sufficient. If we are not near the window, or are at a corner in the house, the light is even more inadequate, affecting the progress of our search and rescue."
4. Wide of briefing
5. SOUNDBITE (Cantonese) Tsang Shuk-yin, Office in charge of the Casualty Enquiry Unit, Hong Kong Police Force:
"Until 4:00 pm today, the latest number of victims has risen to 146. We do not rule out that the number of deaths will increase. Today the DVIU (Disaster Victims Identification Unit) colleagues found thirty remains. Included in this figure are the 12 that as I earlier mentioned, had already been discovered by firefighters. In addition, DVIU colleagues found 18 remains in other units."
6. Various of firetrucks and rescue official in white tyvek suits
7. Wide of memorial area
8. Various of visitors posting messages on walls around the memorial
9. Women hugging and crying
10. Various of a Muslim group praying at the memorial site
11. Various of long queues of visitors and mourners lining up to lay flowers ++ NIGHT SHOTS++
STORYLINE:
The death toll in Hong Kong's apartment complex blaze rose to 146 on Sunday as investigators discovered more bodies in the burned-out buildings.

A steady stream of people placed bouquets of flowers at an ever-growing makeshift memorial at the scene of the disaster, among the worst in the city's history.

The Hong Kong police Disaster Victim Identification Unit has been going through the buildings of the Wang Fuk Court complex meticulously and has found bodies both in apartment units and on the roofs, said the officer in charge, Cheng Ka-chun.

The buildings remain structurally sound, but the search has been slow, he told reporters, still wearing his white coveralls with his hard hat and respiratory mask at his side. “It is so dark inside, and because of the low light, it is very difficult to do the work, especially in places away from the windows."

So far the team has examined four of the seven blocks, Cheng said.

The latest searches turned up another 30 bodies, including 12 that had already been discovered by firefighters but hadn't been recovered, said Tsang Shuk-yin, the head of the Hong Kong police casualty unit.

Another 100 people are unaccounted for and 79 have been injured, Tsang said.

At the scene, well-wishers bowed and said short prayers, or left handwritten notes among the flowers.

People have also donated supplies to those who lost everything in the blaze, which started Wednesday and took until Friday to fully extinguish.

The eight buildings of the Wang Fuk Court complex in the suburb of Tai Po had all been clad in bamboo scaffolding draped with nylon netting for renovations, with windows covered by polystyrene panels. Authorities were investigating whether fire codes were violated.

AP video shot by: Katie Tam and Ayaka McGill

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