7 People, 2 Companies Charged Over Hong Kong Fire That Killed 168 People

Consultancy firm Will Power Architects Company, and the main contractor, Prestige Construction & Engineering Co., have been charged with manslaughter.

Smoke rises after a fire broke out at Wang Fuk Court, a residential estate in the Tai Po district of New Territories, Hong Kong, on Nov. 26 2025. Chan Long Hei/AP

Hong Kong authorities on June 10 charged seven people and two companies with offenses, including manslaughter and conspiracy, over the city’s deadliest fire in decades last November.

The blaze killed 168 people when it spread through seven apartment buildings in the Tai Po district of the New Territories on Nov. 26, 2025.