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“The bamboo scaffold acted as a continuous external fuel path. Dry culms have high surface-area-to-mass ratios and, when ...

Once a fire takes hold, getting thousands of people safely down dozens of storeys becomes a race against time, say academics.

The area’s high-rises have robust safety features and are not as densely packed as those in Hong Kong, making them less ...

A fire at an apartment complex in the Tai Po neighborhood may be the most deadly in Hong Kong history. Follow for live updates.

As stunned Hong Kong residents grapple with the sheer speed and scale of a deadly fire, they’re raising critical questions about whether this disaster could have been prevented.

A huge fire still burning in a Hong Kong high-rise apartment complex that has killed at least 55 people with almost 300 ...

Experts say the scaffolding likely aided the fire's spread. At least 55 people have died, and hundreds are missing.

Dozens have died in one of Hong Kong’s deadliest fires ever, but a number of factors have made the Chinese enclave ...

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