Hong Kong Fire

• Hong Kong officials say unsafe netting contributed to deadly building fire

  Initial tests showed it was up to code, but investigators later found seven failed safety standards, which officials said suggested contractors skimped to make greater profits.

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  Dec 1
  
• Canadian watched childhood home burn as Hong Kong blaze killed more than 100 people

  A Toronto man says he’s heartbroken after a deadly fire tore through the Hong Kong apartment complex where he grew up, leaving more than 100 dead and many missing.

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  Nov 29
  
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• Death toll climbs to 128 in Hong Kong apartment blaze, 8 more arrested

  Even two days after the fire began, smoke continued to drift out of the charred buildings from the occasional flare-up.

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  Nov 28
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• Hong Kong high-rise fire: 3 arrested as death toll climbs to 94

  Officials said the fire started on the external scaffolding of one of the buildings, a 32-storey tower, and later spread to inside the building and then to nearby buildings.

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  Nov 27
• Hong Kong Canadians reeling after deadly highrise inferno

  Global Affairs estimates there are about 300,000 Canadian citizens in Hong Kong, making them the biggest Canadian diaspora outside the United States.

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  Nov 26
• At least 36 killed in Hong Kong high-rise buildings fire, 279 still missing

  The blaze started mid-afternoon local time, and after nightfall authorities upgraded it to a level 5 alarm, the highest level of severity.

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  Nov 26
• 7 dead, 11 injured after fire breaks out at Hong Kong apartment building

  The fire broke out in what appeared to be a restaurant that was located in an apartment in a residential building, fire officials said at a news conference early Monday.

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  Nov 16, 2020