A ‘final piano song’ offers closure as residents say goodbye to Wang Fuk Court homes

by | Apr 24, 2026 | Asia

Playing one last song on a piano that cannot be retrieved from a fire-ravaged home is among the wishes of residents returning to the scene of the deadly Tai Po blaze in Hong Kong, with one man climbing stairs on a fractured leg to try and recover a water boiler linked to his childhood memories.
Some of those returning to their homes on Friday had lived in Wang Cheong House, where 81 of the 168 deaths occurred and 63 per cent of the flats were destroyed.
Only five floors of the block are being…

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Written by Albert Pham, News Curator and Blogger

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