Thousands of Hong Kong residents who lost their homes in a massive fire last year are set to return from Monday to collect what is left of their belongings.
The city's deadliest fire in decades killed 168 people when it ripped through seven of the eight apartment blocks at the Wang Fuk Court high-rise complex in November.
For the first time since then, around 6,000 residents will be given three-hour windows to enter their homes and get their belongings.
With 1,700 flats to pick through, authorities hope the process will be completed by early May.
Officials have advised residents to prepare mentally, with the fire department warning that more than 920 homes had been damaged and some completely destroyed by the blaze.
Images released by government officials show the ceilings and walls of some flats have collapsed or been charred black, and the interiors littered with debris.
Damaged areas of the residential complex in Hong Kong's Tai Po district have been cordoned off as 'danger zones', while reinforcement works have been carried where the building structure was compromised.
