Overview
- ITV’s breakfast show cut to breaking coverage with live images and on-the-ground updates on Thursday following an initial interruption on Wednesday.
- Officials and local media previously reported serious injuries, including at least one man with severe burns, a firefighter hurt and residents trapped in the Tai Po complex.
- Wang Fuk Court is an eight-block residential estate of roughly 2,000 flats, where the blaze spread across multiple towers, according to reports shown on the programme.
- Fresh updates cited by the broadcast said four of seven affected towers were extinguished and three were under control, with extensive fire service deployments including drones.
- Reporting from the scene highlighted renovation work, bamboo scaffolding and flammable materials such as polystyrene as possible factors, and said several construction executives had been arrested on manslaughter charges.