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Hongkongers pick through fire-ravaged homes

Residents return to burned flats to salvage belongings after a massive fire last year.

Published Apr 23, 2026, 9:25 AM EDT | WFMZZ

Forty-one-year-old Annie Tse visited her flat in Hong Kong for the first time since a massive fire last year, where a blackened staircase recalled her lucky escape. Other residents have been picking through clothes and ashes in fire-ravaged homes as they try to salvage belongings.