BREDO MORSTØL’S LIFE was relatively quiet and ordinary. Born in 1900, the Norwegian was a director of parks and recreation in ...

The Hong Kong residential towers engulfed by smoke and flames on Wednesday were surrounded by an ancient construction material familiar to anyone who’s spent time in the one of the world’s most ...

Bamboo scaffolding has become a focus of debate in Hong Kong after last Wednesday’s tragic fire in the territory left at least 151 dead and spurred questions over whether its use contributed to the ...

[HONG KONG] Hong Kong plans to phase out its long tradition of using bamboo scaffolding for construction projects, after the city’s deadliest residential fire in more than 60 years. Investigators are ...

Officials said fire started on the external scaffolding of a 32-story tower in the suburb of Tai Po While the exact cause of the deadly inferno that swept across a Hong Kong apartment complex remains ...

Why did the Hong Kong high-rise fire turn deadly? Investigators point to key safety failures. (Image: AP) A major fire that broke out at a high-rise residential complex in Hong Kong killed at least 44 ...

Bamboo Scaffolding Helped Build Hong Kong's Skyline, but a Deadly Fire May Hasten Its End BANGKOK (AP) — While the exact cause of the deadly inferno that swept across a Hong Kong apartment complex was ...

Bamboo scaffolding, a centuries-old technique that was traditionally ubiquitous in Hong Kong, is under scrutiny for its role in the city’s deadliest fire in more than a century. At least 55 people ...

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As well as being cheap, bamboo appears to have remarkable qualities of seismic resistance. Now it's being used to try to protect people from earthquakes. When a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador ...