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 had ordered batches of non-fire-retardant protective nets, according to a supplier’s statement released by the independent panel investigating the deadly blaze. Lam Kee Construction Materials’ statement was among 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 counsel and expert witnesses previously...