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Hong Kong Fire Hits Home for Danish Facilities Management Group

ISS, a Danish facilities management company, was briefly under the spotlight for its ties to an apartment complex struck by tragedy
A student brings flowers for victims of the fire at Wang Fuk Court residential estate in Hong Kong on Nov. 28, 2025.Photographer: Leung Man Hei/Bloomberg

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Danish facilities management group ISS employs about 326,000 people in more than 30 countries, but even so, it usually operates under the radar. That changed last week after a deadly fire broke out in an apartment complex in Hong Kong, killing at least 159 people and leaving investors wondering about the Danish company’s role in the tragedy.