Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scaffolding at the Wang Fuk Court housing estate in Tai Po, Hong Kong, on November 27, 2025. - Bertha Wang/CNN The Hong Kong ...

Bamboo scaffolding, a millennia-old tradition used in the construction work of buildings in Hong Kong, is now under scrutiny following a massive fire that led to the deaths of 55 people, left several ...

(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong plans to phase out its long tradition of using bamboo scaffolding for construction projects, after the city’s deadliest residential fire in more than 60 years. Investigators ...

When a catastrophic fire broke out at Wang Fuk Court in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district in November, killing 160 people, the apartment complex had been undergoing renovations to repair the buildings’ ...

HONG KONG — Kan Shui-ying was home alone on Wednesday, watching television at her Hong Kong apartment while her husband and son were at work. It was around 3 p.m., she said, when she “smelled a strong ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A view of bamboo scaffolding and netting on the Sui Wo Court housing estate in Hong Kong on Dec. 4, 2025. The previous month, a ...

At least 44 people have died and more than 270 are missing after a major fire engulfed an apartment complex in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district. The fire, which swept through multiple high-rise towers, is ...

The Hong Kong residential towers engulfed by smoke and flames on Wednesday were surrounded by an ancient construction material familiar to anyone who’s spent time in the one of the world’s most ...