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128 dead in Hong Kong tower inferno as officials probe bamboo scaffolding and safety lapses
Rescue teams retrieved more bodies from the burned-out high-rise estate, where flames swept through eight 32-storey towers encased in bamboo scaffolding ...
Hong Kong fire sparks calls to end bamboo scaffolding, tighten safety laws
Some 200 residents of Wang Fuk Court were still unaccounted for as of Friday, with Secretary for Security Chris Tang saying at a briefing that officials couldn't rule out finding more bodies ...
Hong Kong firefighters make final search, apartment tower blaze kills 128
Authorities say the death toll from a fire in a Hong Kong residential complex has risen to 128 after more bodies were found in the blackened towers ...
Hong Kong developers Emperor and Lai Sun find relief amid debt pressures
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Hong Kong firefighters make final search, apartment tower blaze kills 94
Hong Kong firefighters have been searching a high-rise apartment complex after a massive fire killed at least 94 people ...
Bamboo Scaffolding Helped Build Hong Kong’s Skyline, but a Deadly Fire May Hasten Its End
A deadly fire in a Hong Kong apartment complex has raised questions about bamboo scaffolding common at Asian construction sites ...
Deadly Hong Kong apartment fire kills dozens, with hundreds still missing. Here’s the latest.
The apartment complex had eight towers with roughly 4,600 total residents.
How did the Hong Kong fire, which killed 44, start? What we know so far
A deadly blaze at Hong Kong’s Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po has killed at least 44 and displaced thousands, as firefighters battle a rapidly spreading high-rise inferno amid major rescue challenges.
Hong Kong police arrest construction firm bosses over fire; death toll hits 75 with 300 missing
[HONG KONG] Hong Kong police arrested the bosses of a construction company on suspicion of manslaughter on Thursday (Nov 27) over the city’s worst fire in nearly 80 years, which killed at least 75 ...
Hong Kong fire may speed up moves to end use of iconic bamboo scaffolding
BANGKOK (AP) — While the cause of the deadly inferno that swept across a Hong Kong apartment complex remains unknown, questions have been raised about the role of the bamboo scaffolding that enveloped ...
Hong Kong developers Sino Group, NWD delay home sales amid grief over Tai Po fire
Hong Kong’s developers have postponed property sales scheduled for Friday as the city mourns the deaths of dozens of residents in a devastating fire that broke out in Tai Po. Sino Group and New World ...
Hong Kong fire kills 65, hundreds missing
[HONG KONG] A huge fire at a Hong Kong apartment complex has killed at least 65 people according to the Hong Kong government.
Hong Kong Fire Kills At Least 44
Dark smoke was rising nearly 24 hours after the blaze engulfed the apartment complex. More than 270 people were still missing.