Hong Kong Apartment Complex Fire (Nov 2025)

• 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.