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December 2, 2025

Bamboo scaffolding helped build Hong Kong's skyline, but a deadly fire may hasten its end

  • Bamboo poles lashed together using wire and other strong materials are often found at construction sites in Asia.
    • By ELAINE KURTENBACH
    AP Business Writer

    Photo by Kim Willems, via iStock [enlarge]
    This photo from 2024 shows workers using bamboo scaffolding on a building in downtown Hong Kong.

    BANGKOK — While the exact cause of the deadly inferno that swept across a Hong Kong apartment complex was unknown, questions have been raised about the role of the bamboo scaffolding that enveloped the buildings at the time of the fire.


     
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