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Three construction industry employees arrested after police allege unsafe scaffolding materials may have been behind fire’s rapid spread Hong Kong fire – latest updates Explainer: what we know so far Bamboo scaffolding may be to blame for spread of fire Hong Kong police have alleged unsafe scaffolding and foam materials used during maintenance work may have been behind the rapid spread of a devastating fire at a group of residential tower blocks that has killed at least 44 people and left almost 300 missing. Firefighters were still battling to reach residents who may be trapped on the upper floors…

Hong Kong is one of the last places in the world where bamboo is widely by construction workers Death toll in Hong Kong tower block fire rises to 36 with 279 reported missing A deadly fire in an apartment complex in Hong Kong appears to have spread in part because the buildings were sheathed in bamboo scaffolding, a traditional building material that the authorities have been phasing out for safety reasons. Dozens of people died on Wednesday in Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades. The blaze tore through the Wang Fuk Court residential complex in Tai Po, in the…