Hong Kong files charges over deadly Wang Fuk Court fire HONG KONG: Hong Kong charged seven people and two companies on Wednesday (Jun 10) over the world's deadliest residential building fire in decades, which killed 168 people at a public housing estate last year. The massive blaze, which engulfed seven of the eight high-rise apartment blocks at the Wang Fuk Court estate in November, prompted a months-long investigation in to the cause.