Are those buildings under construction with residents inside? How can the fire spread so fast?

​[Tai Po Wang Fuk Court Fire]

​Death toll rises to 44
​56 injured, with 15 in critical condition

​Fire Services Department: Still encountering difficulties advancing to the upper floors of two towers
​Operation expected to continue until at least dusk。

God bless those who still trap at upper floor

Death toll sure going to rise when they go door to door

44+

thanks to legacy anglo regulation designed to harm hk too bad hongkie got no brain to think on their own

Poor fire retardance, alleged worker smoking among fatal Hong Kong blaze theories

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society...T0A4w2mhF640a7w

One of most expensive apartments in the world, cheapest bamboos scaffolding…. I think this tragedy will make HK govt finally ban bamboos

This post has been edited by iGamer: Nov 27 2025, 08:59 AM

Is bamboo the reason?

Really weird that the fire spread to so many blocks but the authority failed to start evacuating residents when fire starts to spread to nearby towers.

It’s one of the easy combustible material, so it’s part if not the main reason for the fire to spread and maintain burning until such disastrous level.

The other plausible culprits could be those netting and whatever combustible insulation layer they apply to the exterior of the apartment?

Some people are saying the fire department are slow to respond

They say only 1 fire engine came because originally it was category 1 fire only

They didn't expect it to spread so fast

40 years old building, lack of any kind of fire prevention facilities, and same time the spread starts from the scaffolding covering outsides

UK got Grenfell Tower fire, same issue of combustible cladding

So this is where the fire started? Seem like the green netting is the reason why fire spread so damn fast.

Don’t know how to embed FB video now d.

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the news say ....

The fire rapidly escalated due to the presence of bamboo scaffolding and construction mesh covering the exterior of the high-rise towers, which were undergoing major renovation. Officials also reported finding Styrofoam inside the buildings, which they believe accelerated the flames through the corridors.

A lot of dangerous materials were stored there because of the renovation too

Lucky for us our apartments are just concrete wall without need for insulation unlike seasonal countries.

Each tower was already wrapped with multiple flammable materials due to the renovation work that allegedly not up to safety codes, like bbq ready to be torched

yeah...
300+ people not accounted for.

most say there were at home, with windows close, AC on and not aware of fire until someone knock or family members call to inform them.

Not the bamboo, is the net.
death is rising... omg.. RIP