Volunteers swing into action to rescue Wang Fuk Court’s pets

Dozens of workers from Hong Kong’s animal welfare agencies turned out with oxygenated pet carriers and animal ambulances to search for pets in the blazing complex, as social media posts depicted elderly people weeping for animals they left behind in the rush to save human lives.



A team from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) arrives with pet carriers to Wang Fuk Court housing complex, where a major fire erupted, in Hong Kong, China, on November 27, 2025 [Jessie Pang/Reuters]

 Some animal welfare workers carrying cages negotiated with police to allow them through cordons keeping out the public, as the fire raged in the complex.
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