In the wake of last month’s deadly tower fire in Hong Kong, what safety advice can help people survive in a similar situation?
Milad Haghan is Associate Professor of urban resilience & mobility at The University of Melbourne and studies public safety and disaster prevention. He tells Jim there’s a wave of outdated survival advice and what he calls “evacuation gaslighting”.
Thick smoke and flames rise as a major fire engulfs several apartment blocks at Wang Fuk Court in Hong Kong's Tai Po district on 26 November 2025. Photo: Yan Zhao / AFP
