Hong Kong fire kills at least 94
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Years after it was replaced in mainland China, bamboo scaffolding is still a common sight in the Chinese territory, but may be phased out after the devastating Wang Fuk Court blaze.
Dozens have died in one of Hong Kong’s deadliest fires ever, but a number of factors have made the Chinese enclave susceptible to such tragedies.
Firefighters were still trying to fully extinguish the blaze more than 24 hours after it engulfed several towers in the complex. Dozens of people were still missing.
Authorities say firefighters are having trouble reaching the top floors. At least 44 people are dead with over 270 missing.
As stunned Hong Kong residents grapple with the sheer speed and scale of a deadly fire, they’re raising critical questions about whether this disaster could have been prevented.
A deadly inferno has torn through a massive housing complex in Hong Kong, killing at least 83 people with many more still missing, in the city’s worst disaster in decades.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A fire at the ShopRite location in Great Kills filled the store with smoke and prompted a massive FDNY response on Wednesday afternoon — the day before Thanksgiving, one of the busiest food-shopping days of the year.
A three-alarm fire has torn through a church in Pottstown, Pennsylvania on Friday morning, officials say. Chopper 3 was over the scene at Zion's United Church of Christ at North Hanover Street and Chestnut Street. Montgomery County dispatchers said crews responded to the scene around 6:20 a.m.
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