Hong Kong leader says fire probe expected to conclude within 9 months
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee announced that an independent investigation into the deadly high-rise fire, which claimed at least 160 lives, aims to be completed within nine months. The announcement comes over two weeks after the devastating blaze.
Clare Jim/Reuters
12 December 2025 at 07:48:34
Hong Kong vows swift probe as leader John Lee targets nine-month timeline for investigation into deadly high-rise fire that claimed at least 160 lives.
Reuters
Hong Kong leader John Lee said on Friday the government aims to wrap up within nine months an independent investigation into a fire that killed at least 160 people.
Lee was speaking more than two weeks after a blaze ripped through seven high-rise residential towers and left the city searching for answers into the cause of the tragedy.
-Clare Jim/Reuters
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