Hong Kong Cancels Fireworks Over Harbor After Deadly Blaze

The Wang Fuk Court residential estate following a fire in November that killed at least 160 people.

Photographer: Paul Yeung/Bloomberg

Hong Kong canceled its annual fireworks show over Victoria Harbor, a decision that comes some three weeks after a deadly blaze in a high-rise estate.

The city would instead hold a “countdown event” in Central, the Hong Kong Tourism Board said in a statement on Wednesday.