Supplier says subcontractor ordered non-fire-retardant nets before Tai Po blaze

A scaffolding subcontractor at Hong Kong’s fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court estate ordered batches of non-fire-retardant protective nets, a supplier has confirmed, with the use of substandard mesh earlier identified as a key factor in the deadly blaze’s rapid spread. The statement from supplier Lam Kee Construction Materials was among the documents released on Wednesday by the independent committee investigating the causes of the fire in November, the city’s deadliest in decades. The committee’s...