According to China Central Television News, Xi Jinping expressed condolences to the victims and fallen firefighters of the major residential building fire in Tai Po District, New Territories, Hong Kong, expressing sympathy to the families of the victims and those affected by the disaster, and demanded that efforts be made to extinguish the fire and minimize casualties and losses.
After the accident, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, attached great importance and immediately learned about the fire rescue and casualties. He instructed the head of the Central Government's Liaison Office in Hong Kong to convey his condolences for the deceased and fallen firefighters, and sympathy to the families of the victims and those affected by the disaster, to Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu. He required the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council and the Central Government's Liaison Office in Hong Kong to support the Hong Kong SAR Government in making every effort to extinguish the fire, to make every possible effort to carry out search and rescue, treat the wounded, and provide proper follow-up care. Relevant departments and localities are to provide necessary assistance and strive to minimize casualties and losses caused by the fire.
The Hong Kong SAR Government has activated its emergency rescue mechanism, and the Central Government's Liaison Office in Hong Kong has established an emergency