Wang Fuk Court No. 5 Alarm Fire | Volunteer says police blocked Kwong Fook Estate podium entrances and exits at 5am, ordered all supplies cleared by noon
宏福苑五級火｜義工指警方凌晨五時攔截廣福邨平台出入口 指示中午前清走所有物資
A No. 5 alarm fire broke out at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po on Wednesday (26th), killing 128 people and leaving many affected residents homeless. Members of the public across Hong Kong spontaneously donated supplies, and volunteers set up a supply station on the podium at Kwong Fook Estate to help meet the residents’ needs. A volunteer at the scene told Yahoo News that at 5am today (29th), police officers stood at all entrances and exits of the Kwong Fook Estate podium and instructed volunteers to immediately start packing up the supplies, move them to a designated location or hand them over to organisations before noon. After receiving the message, some members of the public rushed to the Kwong Fook podium to help pack up, but were stopped by officers stationed at the podium entrance and told that the podium was for exit only, with no entry. After volunteers communicated with the officers, they were allowed to bring other members of the public onto the podium to help.
大埔宏福苑周三（26 日）下午發生五級火警，火警中有 128 人死亡，大量災民無家可歸。全港市民自發捐贈物資，其中有義工在廣福邨平台設置物資站，幫助災民解決所需。 有現場義工向《Yahoo新聞》表示，警方今日（29 日）凌晨 5 時派出警員站在廣福邨平台所有出入口，指示義工立刻開始執拾物資，在中午前搬到指定位置或交由機構接收。 有市民收到消息後，趕至廣福平台幫忙收拾，惟在平台入口被駐守警員攔下，被告知平台只出不入。經義工溝通後，義工才可帶其他市民進入平台幫忙。