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Hong Kong residents and experts are pushing back against claims that bamboo scaffolding was a key reason for the city's deadliest fire in decades
In a sign of China’s role in the city, officials have tried to stamp out calls for accountability over a catastrophe that killed at least 159 people...
Hong Kong's Chief Executive John Lee announces comprehensive building safety reforms after deadly Tai Po fire kills at least 159 people.
The youngest person who died in the fire was a 1-year-old infant, police said. The oldest was 97.
The authorities quickly arrested critics demanding accountability, signaling an expansive use of the security law to silence dissent over nonpolitical...
The tragedy confirmed to many locals that the city’s freedoms have vanished.
As Hong Kong mourns after a high-rise fire killed at least 151 people, anger is mounting over building safety lapses and government oversight
Investigators say contractors wrapped the buildings in substandard scaffolding netting and then sought to hide it from inspectors. The toll from the f...
As the death toll in the Hong Kong apartment complex fire tops 150, Chinese authorities seek to stifle criticism amid new revelations of safety violat...
