{
  "id": 17033548,
  "title": "Govt departments share blame for Wang Fuk fire",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/govt-departments-share-blame-for-wang-fuk-fire",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T08:11:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTHK English",
    "slug": "rthk-english",
    "url": "https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1875782-20261029.htm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "An independent committee looking into the Wang Fuk Court fire on Thursday concluded that government regulators must share responsibility for the high death toll in the Wang Fuk Court fire, finding that private-sector misconduct was compounded by decades of official failure, regulatory loopholes and “slack enforcement”. The committee concluded that had officials handled residents’ complaints…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}