Tai Po fire tragedy: domestic worker and woman she cared for died in each other’s arms

This is an extended cut of the interview originally published on December 2, 2025. Yayuk Setyowati tried desperately to contact her sister when she learned the Hong Kong housing estate where she lived and worked had caught fire on November 26, 2025, but her messages went unanswered. It took four days before a DNA test confirmed that her sister, a foreign domestic worker, had lost her life in the blaze at Wang Fuk Court. The bodies of Sri Wahyuni and the elderly woman she cared for were found embracing each other. In an interview with the Post, Yayuk, who is also a foreign domestic worker in the city, recalls her agonising search and then having to share the news about her sister’s death with their family in Indonesia.