10 foreign domestic helpers killed, 3 injured in Hong Kong residential fire: HKSAR govt

HONG KONG -- Secretary for Labor and Welfare of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government Chris Sun said on Tuesday that 10 foreign domestic helpers were killed, three others were injured and about 30 are still missing in a major residential fire that broke out on Nov 26 in Tai Po.

Sun told a press briefing that there were 235 foreign domestic helpers working in Wang Fuk Court. He said that each of the foreign domestic helpers who died in the fire will receive about HK$800,000 in compensation, and those injured will receive a one-off financial assistance of either HK$50,000 or HK$100,000, depending on the period they stay in the hospital.