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Fire in Yau Ma Tei | Nearly a hundred people attended the prayer meeting and their families cried bitterly and covered their photos

2020-11-22T18:10:20.644Z


A fire broke out in a tenement building on Canton Road in Yau Ma Tei last Sunday (15th), causing 8 deaths and injuries. After the first seven days, this (22nd) afternoon, including the families of the deceased and nearly a hundred citizens attended the Yau Ma Tei Community Center.


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Author: Chen Leilei Cai Zhengbang Chen Xiwen

2020-11-22 16:58

Last update date: 2020-11-22 19:32

A fire broke out in a tenement building on Canton Road in Yau Ma Tei last Sunday (15th), causing 8 deaths and injuries.

After the first seven days, this (22nd) afternoon, including the families of the deceased and nearly a hundred citizens attended a prayer meeting held by the Hong Kong Nepal Association at the Yau Ma Tei Community Center to mourn the tragic deaths in the incident.

During the process, the family members covered the black and white photos of the deceased one by one with white cloth. Some people cried bitterly, which was moving. Everyone stood and mourned the dead for one minute.

A family member then covered the black and white photos of the deceased with white cloth.

(Photo by Cai Zhengbang)

At 1:30 this afternoon, the family members of the deceased and nearly a hundred citizens attended the prayer meeting at Henry Leong Yau Ma Tei Community Center. Most of them were Nepalese.

In the incident, eight men and women between the ages of 8 and 40 died unfortunately. Many flower cards were placed in the venue to mourn the dead, and photos of the dead were placed on the stage. The ceremony was solemn and solemn.

The family members of the deceased then covered the photos with white cloth and presented flowers one by one. They looked sad, and some family members wept bitterly.

Everyone at the scene stood and prayed for a minute of silence for the dead. Some also attended the prayer meeting with flowers. The Fire Department also sent representatives to the prayer meeting.

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A fire broke out in a tenement building on Canton Road in Yau Ma Tei last Sunday (15th). So far, 8 people have been killed and many injured. The casualties in the incident are believed to be Nepalese.

A few days after the incident, citizens also attended the scene to mourn and lay flowers. Yesterday afternoon, a group was present to carry out the surpassing ceremonies. During this period, Taoist priests chanted the surpassing deceased, and a large number of neighbourhoods and Nepalese attended the ceremony. The atmosphere was sad.

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Source: hk1

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