DHa7s20260421_5335.MP4.19_44_12_11.Still001.jpg
Survivor of Hong Kong fire returns to charred home

Five months after a devastating fire tore through seven residential towers in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district, residents have been allowed to return to their homes for the first time to collect the personal belongings that remain. The inferno devastated the community, killing 168 people and leaving thousands homeless. For the survivors, the opportunity to briefly return is fraught with complicated feelings of pain and loss.

2:39 • Source: CNN
World News 11 videos
DHa7s20260421_5335.MP4.19_44_12_11.Still001.jpg
Survivor of Hong Kong fire returns to charred home
02:39
Now playing
• Source: CNN
16x9_loop.00_00_02_28.Still006.jpg
Restaurant partially collapses after 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Philippines
00:14
Now playing
• Source: CNN
22693211 - Suspected Terror Attack thumb.jpg
One killed in suspected terror attack in Israel
00:45
Now playing
• Source: CNN
videoframe_128848.png
CNN speaks with Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson
03:04
Now playing
• Source: CNN
Screenshot 2026-06-06 at 1.13.43 PM.png
Smerconish: 'Iran is watching'
05:29
Now playing
• Source: CNN
sciutto.jpg
Intelligence agencies warn China is using sites like Linkedin to recruit & spy
01:23
Now playing
• Source: CNN
IRAN TUNNELS THUMB 1.jpg
Iran is quickly unearthing its huge missile arsenal, CNN analysis shows
02:50
Now playing
• Source: CNN
still_22688442_0_still.jpg
Mt. Everest guide found crawling to base camp after being missing for days
00:31
Now playing
• Source: CNN
120183_KuwaitDroneAttack_Horizontal_THUMB.jpg
Dozens injured in Iranian strikes that also hit Kuwait airport
00:44
Now playing
• Source: CNN
120173_ClarissaEbolaWrong 16x9 cln thumb.jpg
What people get wrong about Ebola
01:41
Now playing
• Source: CNN
RenameThisHorizontal.00_00_00_26.Still001.jpg
Ukraine hit by large-scale Russian attacks
00:39
Now playing
• Source: CNN