HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in three decades has spotlighted its risky use of flammable bamboo scaffolding and mesh for building work in a tradition dating back centuries to mainland China.

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It’s flexible, strong and cheaper than steel and aluminium: but it has its downsides Bamboo scaffolding remains a ubiquitous sight across Hong Kong's skyline. They blanket skyscrapers, renovation ...

All eyes are on an ancient method of construction after tower blocks in Hong Kong were destroyed by fire. Devastating images and video of the inferno tearing through bamboo scaffolding around ...

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 are still ...

Smoke rises from apartments after a major fire swept through several blocks at the Wang Fuk Court residential estate in Hong Kong's Tai Po district on November 27, 2025. (AFP) Hong Kong fire: The ...

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BANGKOK (AP) — While the exact cause of the deadly inferno that swept across a Hong Kong apartment complex was unknown, questions have been raised about the role of the bamboo scaffolding that ...

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