The Coroner’s Court is holding a six-day inquiry into what caused the fire that killed four people in Kennedy Town in July 2016.

Chan Yee-leung, 39, said he acted as if the children, aged two to five, were his own daughters.

With the popular Fire Services Department mascot Anyone back online for Lunar New Year, we take a look at how the government uses mascots to get the message out for information campaigns.

The department received 200 group applications to attend CPR and AED courses, compared to 60 previously. Department head Daryl Li says the fun element introduced by Anyone has helped make first aid more approachable for members of the public.

• Blaze on Vietnam-registered oil and chemical tanker Aulac Fortune broke out soon after 11.30am, killing at least one person, with two others still missing.

Rescue operation under way to find crewmen after 23 are pulled from sea, as firefighters put out blaze after battling it for five hours.

The Fire Services Department mascot is not just genius marketing, it is living proof of what creativity and daring to think outside the box can bring to the table.

The fire service worker who came up with the recent sensation says his creation was an accidental hit, and reveals some of the reasons behind his team’s design.