Residents of Wang Fuk Court apartments had raised concerns about flammable foam panels and scaffold netting, but the government did not take decisive action.
Hazardous construction materials, the buildings’ design and a series of safety failures likely enabled the blaze to spread with devastating speed.
Hong Kong firefighters found dozens more bodies Friday in an intensive apartment-by-apartment search of a high-rise complex where a massive fire engulfed seven buildings.
Hong Kong firefighters found dozens more bodies Friday in an intensive apartment-by-apartment search of a high-rise complex where a massive fire engulfed seven buildings.
For almost a year, some residents at the Wang Fuk Court complex had been raising safety concerns about the construction netting being used in renovations.
Hong Kong firefighters have found dozens more bodies in a high-rise complex after a massive fire engulfed seven buildings.
Hong Kong’s anti-corruption agency says it has arrested eight people connected to the renovation of the high-rise apartments ...
Preliminary investigations showed the fire started Wednesday afternoon on a lower-level scaffolding net of one of the ...
Hong Kong’s anti-corruption agency said on Friday it arrested eight people connected to the renovation of the high-rise apartments that were engulfed in a massive fire that left 128 people dead. The ...
Hong Kong’s anti-corruption agency has arrested eight people connected to the renovation of the high-rise apartments that were engulfed in a massive fire that left 128 people dead ...
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