Umsebenzi wokuhlenga umlilo weLevel 5 eHung Fuk Court eTai Po, eHong Kong, uphele ngomhlaka-28 Novemba. Lo mlilo, oqale ngomhlaka-26 Novemba, uholele ekufeni kwabantu abangu-94 kanye nokulimala okungu-76, okuhlanganisa nomcimi-mlilo oyedwa owashona esemsebenzini. Lo ngumlilo wesakhiwo onzima kakhulu eHong Kong eminyakeni yamuva nje. Uphenyo lokuqala olwenziwe yi-Fire Department lubonisa ukuthi uqaloisikafulakanye namanetha okuvikela angavimbeli ilangabi asetshenziswa ngesikhathi sokulungiswa kodonga lwangaphandle lwezakhiwo ezingu-8 ezihilelekile kwakuyisihluthulelo sokusabalala komlilo ngokushesha.isikafulaiyasha futhi ithambekele ekuweni lapho amazinga okushisa aphezulu, futhi “umlilo ondizayo” owakhiwa ukushiswa kwamanetha okuvikela epulasitiki wabangela ukuthi umlilo usabalale ezakhiweni eziyi-7. Ngaphambilini, onjiniyela bezokwakha babekhononda ngokuphindaphindiwe ngokuthi inetha lokuvikela alihlangabezani nezindinganiso, kodwa alizange lilungiswe. Uma kuqhathaniswa nezitebhisi ze-bamboo,izitebhisi zensimbi ezihlanganisiwezinezinzuzo ezifana nokungashi, ukuqina kwesakhiwo, kanye nokumelana nokugqwala. Uma kwenzeka umlilo, izindawo ezimbalwa zensimbi ezisekelayo zinganciphisa ijubane lomlilo ngempumelelo futhi zithenge isikhathi sokuphunyuka nokutakula. Izindawo zabo zobuchwepheshe sezivuthiwe, zinezinsimbi ezibhalisiwe ezingu-7830isikafulaizisebenzi eHong Kong, ziphindwe kathathu kune-bambooisikafulaabasebenzi.

Ngemva komlilo waseHongfu Garden, uhulumeni waseHong Kong SAR wethule ngokushesha inqubomgomo entsha yokuphepha kwesakhiwo: uMnyango Wezakhiwo uzokwenza ukuhlolwa okuphelele kwezindinganiso zokuvimbela umlilo kuzo zonke izinhlelo zokulungisa udonga lwangaphandle eHong Kong kusukela namuhla kuqhubeke, futhi noma yimiphi imisebenzi engaphansi kwekhwalithi izomiswa; I-Labor and Welfare Bureau imemezele ukuthi kusukela ngo-2026, amaphrojekthi amasha omphakathi azonikezwa amathenda, futhi angashi.isikafulaIzinto ezifana nensimbi eqinisiwe zizoba yimpoqo ekulungisweni kwezitezi okuyingozi kakhulu, kufezwe umgomo "wamaphrojekthi omphakathi angu-50% asebenzisa i-scaffolding yensimbi" ngaphambi kwesikhathi esibekiwe. UMnyango Wezinsizakalo Zokwakha ubambisana noMkhandlu Wemboni Yokwakha ukunikeza ukuqeqeshwa kwamakhono ukusiza izisebenzi zeshede le-bamboo ekuguqulweni kwazo. UMnyango Wezinsizakalo Zomlilo uhlela ukuthenga amaladi engeziwe okusindisa ensimbi eqinisiwe ukuze azivumelanise nemisebenzi yokutakula ezindaweni zokuhlala ezindala. Ephendula umlando wekhulu leminyaka wemboni yeshede le-bamboo eHong Kong kanye nokukhathazeka kwempilo kwabasebenzi abangaba ngu-7000, uhulumeni wethule izinqubomgomo zokusekela ezifana noxhaso lokuqeqesha. Izinhlangano zezimboni ziveze ukwesekwa kokuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe kodwa zidinga iziqinisekiso ezengeziwe zokuguqulwa. Ochwepheshe bafuna ukusungulwa kwendlela yesikhathi eside, ukusetshenziswa kwemodeli "yokulungiswa kwesendlalelo ngesendlalelo", ukufakwa kwensimbi eqinisiwe ezindinganisweni ezidingekayo, kanye nokwenza ngcono izindleko kanye nokuguquguquka ngokusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obusha.