Fire Department Reveals Irregularities in Fires at 7 Hong Kong Apartment Buildings

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Fire
apartment building complex at Wang Fuk Court, Tai Po, north
Hong Kong
, which lasted for 10 hours on Wednesday (26/11) has killed 36 people and 279 others are still missing.
The cause of the fire spreading so quickly and spreading to a number of neighboring apartment buildings is not yet known for certain and will be the focus of the investigation.
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However, the fire department had previously warned that there were irregularities in this fire incident.
Quoted
AFP
, the fire that started in the afternoon and continued to burn into the night was one of the deadliest in decades in Hong Kong, a region with some of the world’s tallest and most densely populated apartment blocks.
Director of the Fire Department, Andy Yeung, said that during the rescue operation, his team found several sheets of polystyrene board covering windows in a number of apartments.
“These polystyrene boards are very flammable and make the fire spread very quickly,” he was quoted as saying
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“The existence of the sign is unusual, so we have handed over the findings to the police for further investigation,” Yeung added.
The apartment complex consists of eight skyscrapers with nearly 2,000 units.As many as seven of the eight apartment towers caught fire.
These buildings are currently undergoing a series of major renovations.Local residents said that many of the residents who live in this complex are also elderly.
Meanwhile, the city’s housing authority will check whether the protective coating used to cover the buildings during the renovation process has adequate fire resistance.
“We will seek accountability in accordance with applicable laws and regulations,” said Hong Kong leader John Lee.
Apart from polystyrene boards, the authorities also found a lot of bamboo scaffolding which was used to cover part of the side of the building which was being renovated.
Bamboo scaffolding is often used to cover buildings under construction in Hong Kong.
The authorities also suspect that the bamboo scaffolding was one of the causes of this worst fire.
The flames first appeared on bamboo scaffolding covering several apartment blocks.
A reporter
AFP
heard loud cracking sounds, possibly from burning bamboo, and saw thick smoke rising from buildings as flames and pieces of ash rose high into the sky.
A 65-year-old resident surnamed Yuen, who has lived in the area for more than four decades, said many of his neighbors were elderly and had difficulty moving around.
“Windows were closed due to renovations, (some people) didn’t know there was a fire and had to be told to evacuate by telephone by neighbors,” Yuen told
AFP
.
“I was devastated, there were material losses and casualties, even a firefighter died.”
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