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?

3 arrests? woah... someone started the fire?

Bamboo is good and nothing wrong with it. It's light, corrosion proof and cheap. When you see how people cook bamboo rice, we know thaat it's not easy to burn. The problem that cause the fire is the netting (not self extinguish material) and polystyrene (easily catch fire).

I learned from socmed and youtube that, earlier this year, HK authorities ruled that half of the scaffoldings have to be made from metal.

They already knew the risk - no just fire, but other risks, e.g. not as sturdy as metal.

they are under construction building?

I doubt you would see them covering so many buildings in netting if HK is under British rule (and standards).

This one is typical China cincai standard, very dun care about safety or human life.

+ Scaffolding net
+ Stack Styrofoam (flammable insulation) on the window
+ Smoking construction worker near all the flammable materials.
+ 2 Director & 1 Consultant arrested

Who is talking about India? Lol

But Chinese like to boast they so advanced and smarter than India isn't it? Looks like not.

Our apartment that build on commercial land, got water sprinkler.
Maybe HK needs to adopt this method.

no fire brigade in the world can handle this type of fire, all countries should learn from this tragedy including malaysia with so many condos

I still see YT videos and comments where Hongkies kept defending bamboo scaffolding.

Yes the tragedy started by corruption, failed regulatory monitoring, none fire retardant netting and window seals. But they had use metal scaffolding, this fire probably wouldn’t engulf 7 towers.

The bamboos on fire become like firecrackers, they burst with many debris and sparks. One resident witness said the bamboos on fire were like rockets. 

Can clearly see the bamboo burned into ashes, but many hongkie comment in YT still claim that bamboo is safe bcoz it have been painted with a fire retardant layer & it still it stand after the big fire. 

Changing bamboo to steel will have mitigated this fire dramatically.

hongkie are really retarded.

The whistleblower suspect they did all at once so they can quickly complete the work and ran away overseas safely with songlap money. 日长梦多…

It was said that doing few block by turn would be cheaper as they can then shift non perishable material from one block to another. So the fact that they did all blocks all at once really raise question as to why.

Agree but what is the fire is caused by gas tanks or ciggi smokes or fireworks ?  Does Bomba has the facilities to douse or control fire in such highly dense and tall buildings?  Just hope it will not be like the movie towering inferno…

ciggy butt fire up the netting or styrofoam

Malaysia high rise building hardly will spread to next door one lah, it has fireproof wall or clay brick wall which able to withstand fire for up to 2 hours

Now many HKger said blaming on bamboo scaffolding is a conspiracy from China to replace it with metal, they want to preserve it.

Bamboo is not very flammable  otherwise  we will not be able to make lemang  .

Sohai Winnie kok rider.
Bamboo where got burn sohai

Sorry ahh. Didn't realize I was talking with kanak kanak istimewa.

Niama I show you picture of the bamboo scaffolding still standing after the building fire you go and show random video. Talk with you more also scared my IQ drop like your level.

Must rmb to be guai and study hard hard, ok?