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Zen Hernandez

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17646691680511764669167420.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Thick smoke and flames rise as a major fire engulfs several apartment blocks at Wang Fuk Court in Hong Kong&#x27;s Tai Po district on November 26, 2025. <em>Tommy Wang, AFP </em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — All Filipinos connected to the high-rise estate ravaged by fire in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district have now been accounted for, the Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong said Tuesday, nearly a week after the city’s deadliest blaze in decades.</p><p>In its latest advisory, the consulate confirmed that the last two overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) on its verification list turned out to be in the Philippines when the fire broke out at the Wang Fuk Court housing estate on November 26.</p><p>“All Filipinos who likely worked at the Wang Fuk Court residential complex are all accounted for,” the consulate said in its update.</p><p>According to the consulate, 92 Filipino nationals are now listed as safe and accounted for, while one remains hospitalized, and one <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/11/30/1-ofw-confirmed-dead-after-hong-kong-fire-ph-consulate-general-0914">confirmed dead</a>.</p><p>The consulate earlier identified the Filipino fatality as domestic worker Maryan Pascual Esteban, who had initially been reported missing.</p><p>Another Filipina, 28-year-old Rhodora Alcaraz, remains in intensive care after suffering severe smoke inhalation while <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/12/1/filipino-domestic-worker-praised-for-saving-baby-in-hong-kong-blaze-0108">protecting her employer’s three-month-old baby. </a></p><p>Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Hans Cacdac previously hailed Alcaraz, Esteban and all Filipino domestic workers who survived the fire, as “modern-day heroines.”</p><p>Cacdac is now in Hong Kong to assess the needs of affected Filipinos. </p><p>In a joint press conference, Cacdac appeared alongside Hong Kong’s Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han as the Hong Kong government laid out the financial support that will be provided to families of those who died and to surviving households.</p><p>According to Sun Yuk-han, the Hong Kong government will provide a support package of almost HK$800,000 to foreign domestic workers who perished from the fire. </p><p>This includes a statutory compensation of HK$500,000, a one-off financial assistance of HK$200,000, plus another HK$50,000.</p><p>Those injured will also receive a one-off financial assistance of HK$50,000 to HK$100,000, depending on how long they need to be hospitalized.</p><p>Based on data from Hong Kong authorities, there were a total of 235 foreign domestic helpers working in Wang Fuk Court. 10 of them died, 3 were injured and 192 are safe. However, there are 30 workers that remain missing.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/11/30/hong-kong-in-mourning-as-fire-death-toll-climbs-to-146-2239">Hong Kong in mourning as fire death toll climbs to 146</a></div><p>“We would like to extend our deepest condolences to the families of the deceased, from domestic helpers. At the same time, I wish all those injured from the fire a very speedy recovery. We are truly grateful to their selflessness and also their act during the fire. Because many of them, they’re taking care of elderly, children and babies in Wang Fuk Court,” said Sun Yuk-han.</p><p>For its part, the Philippine government — through the DMW, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), the Department of Foreign Affairs and the consulate in Hong Kong, has committed to complement Hong Kong’s assistance with its own package for affected OFWs and their families.</p><p>Cacdac also thanked the Hong Kong government for all its support to affected Filipinos. Cacdac adds, injured Filipina Rhodora Alcaraz is now recovering.</p><p>“We’re so thankful for the successful medical procedure for our national who was initially in critical stages and brought to the ICU. But with the success of the medical procedure, should I say an innovating one, she has been saved and is now in recovery mode and we’re hoping to have her home soon with her family.”</p><p>The Philippine and Hong Kong government is also facilitating the immediate repatriation of Filipina fatality Maryan Esteban.</p><p>“We hope it stays at one, with one fatality. And already the family is being assisted and very soon with the cooperation of the HK government and the HK Labor Department, her remains will be repatriated ot her family,” Cacdac said.</p><p>Hong Kong authorities report that at least 151 people were killed in the Wang Fuk Court blaze. The ongoing investigation has also led to the arrest of 13 individuals from the construction firm overseeing the estate’s extensive renovation, with early findings pointing to safety lapses and the use of substandard materials that may have accelerated the fire’s rapid spread.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div style="text-align:center"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jy25J3ukWKU?si=lht-RW3E_nMyeKFQ" title="YouTube video player" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" spellcheck="false"></iframe></div>

<p>All Filipinos connected to the high-rise estate ravaged by fire in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district have now been accounted for, the Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong said Tuesday, nearly a week after the city’s deadliest blaze in decades.</p>

All Filipinos connected to the high-rise estate ravaged by fire in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district have now been accounted for, the Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong said Tuesday, nearly a week after the city’s deadliest blaze in decades.

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All Filipinos working in Wang Fuk Court now accounted for after deadly fire - PH Consulate

Zen Hernandez,

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Published Dec 02, 2025 06:01 PM PHT

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