Huafeng Building Fire Tragedy: Owners Accuse Care Team of Neglect, Residents Seek Help for Lost Pets

A three-alarm fire broke out in the Wah Fung building in Yau Ma Tei last Wednesday (10th), killing five people and injuring 40. A reporter from “Ji Zhi She” returned to the scene of the accident on -today (15th) to see directly The site was in ruins, full of odor, and covered with sewage. The reporter found the location of the fire on the first floor Opposite the fire was a subdivision unit “1-4” rented to refugees. The door of the unit was burnt and black, and the air conditioner was also melted.

“To Ming…” Indonesian tenant Sa Sa returned to the unit today, with tears in her eyes, calling the kitten’s name through the window, looking forward to the kitten’s return. She remembered that she was sleeping when the fire started for us, we would all die.” Ms Chen, who owned a subdivision house, held on to the burnt iron gate and lamented that the NT unit could be repaired $300,000 to complain that the government had no support and the care team care about you.”

Reporters: Liao Junsheng, He Peihu

Huafeng fire｜ The owner of the disaster that appeared accused the care team of being “under control” and the owners of the subdivision house called for help for their favorite cat

A deadly three-alarm fire broke out in the Huafeng Building. The reporter walked into the crash site today and walked the stairs to visit each floor. The first to third floors were the worst burned, smelling strong burnt on the ground, the walls were gray and black, and a lot of rubbish was left behind. On the first floor where the fire started, the ceiling of the corridor was covered with wires and illuminated by temporary light pipes; the walls were almost completely black, and the words “Karaoke” on the walls were also burned to black gray. The door of Jinli Fitness Center is locked with an iron chain. Looking from the outside, the roof inside is also blackened.

The door of the unit was burned and only the steel frame remained

For the 1D unit in Ching Kwong Ting, which operates sub-divided rooms, the room door unit has four rooms. The door of the unit was burned to its steel frame, and the electric meter and the air conditioner in the unit were burned to the point of deformation also steel plate, and decoration is tearing the wallpaper that is smoked black. The fire spread to different rooms.

In the first floor subdivided unit, the air conditioner was burned, bent and melted.

Kitten scratches the door, wakes owner, saves life

In one of the rooms, a poster of a kitten was hung on the door. This kitten saved four families from the fire. The Indonesian tenant Sa Sa who lives in this room has been renting the 1D subdivision for the past three years. Early last Wednesday morning, Sa Sa was sleeping in her room, and the kitten “A Ming” kept scratching the door and making noises that woke her up. As soon as she opened the door, she saw a big fire at the door of her unit, and a lot of thick smoke coming into the house from the side of the light source.

The fire gradually spread to the unit from the window. At this time, A Ming struggled, scratched her leg, and ran to nowhere. Desperate, she could only keep running, and finally she was saved through the window “There was a lot of smoke and fire, and I was lucky to have a window.”

Indonesian tenant Sa Sa held a flashlight and called in the room looking for her lover’s cat.

“Luckily there’s a cat”

“It’s a good thing I have a cat. If I don’t, we’ll all die…” This afternoon, Sa Sa returned to the room, holding a torch, with tears in her eyes, and she kept shouting at the window in the room. dark room: “A Ming… A Ming…” The owner told her that the kitten might be dead, but she still insisted on going to find the cat, believing that her ‘kitten well and she ran away from the window.

Ms. Chen, the owner of unit 1D, returned to the unit with reporters this afternoon meter and air conditioner in the unit, and she even went in tears $300,000.

The sub-divided house on the first floor was completely burnt.

“I don’t care about them”

The unit was completely burned down, and Ms. Chen directly criticized the government for not providing support. The Yau Tsim Mong Department of Home Affairs said earlier that they would deploy nearly 200 volunteers in the area to provide support and visits, “The care team must say they care about you. I did not receive care from you. on them. to do it on her own.” According to what was seen at the site, some of the care team put up tents downstairs services of residents can register for financial assistance. When she was asked the she had registered for appropriate support, Ms. Chen replied, “After registration, you have to wait for approval. I don’t know how long it will take,” and asked, “If you’re willing to help, why not send it to us directly?”

Ms. Chen, the person in charge of the Wanyuan Hotel, said she called the owner eight times after the disaster, but no one answered.

Ms. Chen, the person in charge of the adjacent Wanyuan Hotel in Room C on the first floor, said she had rented the unit to operate the hotel for about two years and had She believed that the owner was responsible for paying for the hotel. However, she has not been able to contact the other party since the fire, because she was eight times yesterday there may be a problem. I can just call and ask if anything is going on. ” Wanyuan Hotel has five rooms for rent I can’t afford the renovation costs.