Hong Kong high-rise building on Fire
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Hong Kong buildings blaze kills 36, nearly 300 missing
At least 36 people were killed and 279 were missing on Wednesday after Hong Kong's deadliest fire in three decades ripped through high-rise residential towers sheathed in flammable bamboo scaffolding, authorities said.
ishiki
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I wonder what started the fire. there are rumours that the fire started by cigarettes as the workers were smoking inside. However, an exploding lithium battery seems more probable, seeing that poor quality of electric vehicles in China are common. Also, with 4.500 people living there and a very old chinese population 36 deaths and 270~ people missing is hardly believable.
Nevertheless a terrible accident.
Nevertheless a terrible accident.
Not looking into it deeply at all, my first reaction would be:
IMO pretty unlikely that all 6 buildings (which look like they are separated from each other) would catch fire by accident at once. Which would lead me to suspect faul play of sorts, possibly by sending a message to the Chinese/Government from the usual suspects in high places.
Having said that, it looks like the buildings are unusually built close to each other for such high buildings. Which in theory could for example mean that just one building in the middle started to burn out extremely and by that heated the next building close to it enough for it to catch fire too. And then the next building, and so on.
IMO pretty unlikely that all 6 buildings (which look like they are separated from each other) would catch fire by accident at once. Which would lead me to suspect faul play of sorts, possibly by sending a message to the Chinese/Government from the usual suspects in high places.
Having said that, it looks like the buildings are unusually built close to each other for such high buildings. Which in theory could for example mean that just one building in the middle started to burn out extremely and by that heated the next building close to it enough for it to catch fire too. And then the next building, and so on.
They say that the building was under renovation, that the scaffolding use was bamboo and it may have helped to propagate the fire to the whole complex. But what started it is still speculation so far.
Liliea
The Living Force
I just posted the news in the thread at Chemical Plant explosions and fires, because I couldn't find it published, I didn't know it was here. If any administrator would like to move it to this thread, that would be best.
Bamboo scaffolding is very common in that region. There must be more to this story...
Ruth
The Living Force
On thing that can be guaranteed is that Chinese Authorities will lie about the number of dead and possibly even the cause of the fire.I wonder what started the fire. there are rumours that the fire started by cigarettes as the workers were smoking inside. However, an exploding lithium battery seems more probable, seeing that poor quality of electric vehicles in China are common. Also, with 4.500 people living there and a very old chinese population 36 deaths and 270~ people missing is hardly believable.
Nevertheless a terrible accident.
Ruth
The Living Force
These guys have noticed as startling increase in people deliberately lighting fires in China. Usually it's factories that are the target, when the employees are fed up about not being paid.
They also have a section called 'bollard report' because the Chinese Government is forced to put bollards up particualarly around schools in order to stop disaffected (and often mentally unhinged) citizens from deliberately targetting the innocent in "crimes against society". Apparently this is the only form of protest they are 'allowed', because the Government certainly isn't listening.
What this recent fire suggests to me is that this behaviour is escalating and the citizens of China are literally burning their country to the ground. Things are at crisis point over there and of course, the Government of China is attempting to say: "Nothing to see here". It looks increasingly like people's anger is reaching boiling point.
They also have a section called 'bollard report' because the Chinese Government is forced to put bollards up particualarly around schools in order to stop disaffected (and often mentally unhinged) citizens from deliberately targetting the innocent in "crimes against society". Apparently this is the only form of protest they are 'allowed', because the Government certainly isn't listening.
What this recent fire suggests to me is that this behaviour is escalating and the citizens of China are literally burning their country to the ground. Things are at crisis point over there and of course, the Government of China is attempting to say: "Nothing to see here". It looks increasingly like people's anger is reaching boiling point.
Maybe, maybe not: Hong Kong is still a separate entity from mainland China, and they are still uncensored, even though they are under increasing pressure from Beijing. It also depends on whether the information released serves or not the political agenda.
ishiki
Padawan Learner
Thanks for sharing. I watch their show regularly and was searching for one their video's to share this as well, but couldn't find it. They also talk alot about sloppy construction, relative new buildings and bridges failing and wide spread corruption in the chain, which makes construction companies cut safety issues and try to cover that up. I even saw a video of a styrofoom beam painted grey, so it could pass as steel.
CNA just released a more indepth video about why three people were arrested. Apparently they found styrofoom and plastics in the appartment buildings. If these materials have also been used widely in this project, it is no suprise that the whole building caught fire.
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