# Who is to blame for Hong Kong’s deadly 2025 fire?

https://mins.news/en/item/120582

- Reuters, 2026-10-29 10:50 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/who-is-blame-hong-kongs-deadly-2025-fire-2026-10-29/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ae324e353aa080001e5483d

> A report released publicly on Thursday says an independent Hong Kong committee blamed a renovation contractor and consultant, along with four government departments, for a fire that killed 168 people in the city last November.

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