Around HK$4.5 billion has been raised in the Hong Kong government’s public donation fund for victims of the deadly Tai Po fire. People watching smoke coming out of Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po as the fire ripped through seven buildings in the estate in late November 2025. Sums of HK$20,000 have also been distributed to domestic workers, students, construction workers, security guards and sanitation staff who lived or worked in Wang Fuk Court. The fund was established by the government on November 27 last year, a day after a fatal blaze ripped through Wang Fuk Court and killed 168 people. Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, pictured on November 28, 2025, in the aftermath of the fatal blaze.