A WIDE ranging review of tram safety is set to start today as Hong Kong Tramways gives government investigators a full briefing on Monday's near fatal tram fire.
The condition of tram driver Li Ko-leong improved marginally yesterday with doctors at Queen Mary Hospital upgrading him from critical to poor.
But Mr Li, who smashed his head as he jumped out of the cabin window of the moving tram to escape the flames, is still only semi-conscious after being in a coma for two days.
Last night the man in charge of the Government's investigation said the inquiry would not be confined merely to the electrical fault which caused the fire.
''If people have to get out through windows then that is not on,'' said Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) assistant director Keith Whittle.
''I am aware of what has been reported in the press that people cannot get off if the fire is at the front,'' he said.