The Education Bureau announces that five schools will remain suspended on November 28 due to nearby road blockages, as ...
The Primary Healthcare Commission sets up medical stations at the temporary shelters that were opened in response to the fire ...
The Social Welfare Department says it is making all-out efforts to allocate and deploy manpower and resources to provide ...
The Labour Department says it will launch a two-week citywide special enforcement operation from November 28, targeting the fire protection facilities of building maintenance work sites with ...
Three men are arrested for manslaughter in relation to the No. 5 alarm fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po on November 26.
Financial Secretary Paul Chan, who is visiting Milan, Italy, will shorten his European trip and return to Hong Kong earlier than scheduled in light of the No. 5 alarm fire at Wang Fuk Court, Tai Po.
救援方面,宏福苑八座樓宇中,七座受影響樓宇的火勢大致受控。消防處繼續全力完成剩餘樓層的搜救與滅火工作。火警期間,消防處接獲346宗求助個案,已處理其中296宗。
因應大埔宏福苑大火,行政長官李家超宣布,政府即時向每戶災民派發一萬元應急補助金,又會投放三億元起動資金成立大埔宏福苑援助基金,協助受影響居民。
該局表示,受火警及附近道路阻塞交通影響,中華基督教會馮梁結紀念中學、大埔浸信會公立學校、聖公會阮鄭夢芹小學、港九街坊婦女會孫方中書院、保良局劉進幼稚園明日繼續停課。家長應留意教育局及學校最新公布。
為迅速回應臨時庇護中心居民需求,衞生署和醫院管理局派出醫療支援隊伍前往臨時庇護中心,為居民提供初步醫療評估和支援。基層醫療署統籌公私營醫療界別專業人員,包括逾250名醫生和逾250名醫護專業人員參與設立醫療站,持續為受影響居民提供醫療照顧。
勞工處明日展開全港特別執法行動,為期兩周,巡查架設有大型棚架的樓宇維修工程地盤的防火設施和火災應變安排,包括檢查棚架上俗稱棚網的保護幕是否符合阻燃性的認可標準。
運輸署表示,因大埔宏福苑發生五級火警,多個路段需封閉。視乎相關部門的行動進展,受影響地區一帶的路面交通和專營巴士等公共運輸服務明日可能仍受影響,市民明早應留意最新安排,預留充足時間出行。