Experts, who are collecting samples of scaffolding material that covered the façade, suggest that one of the causes could be due to the use of bamboo. This material, together with the polystyrene panels, would have contributed to the rapid spread of the fire.
MADRID Nov. 27. (EUROPA PRESS).- The death toll because of fire recorded yesterday and that affects several skyscrapers in the city of Hong Kong increased to 55among them a bomberas confirmed this Thursday by local authorities.
He Fire Department of the special administrative region china has indicated that more than 70 personas have been injured, seven of them Chinese, while they are already 279 los missingaccording to newspaper information The Standard.
Search and rescue operations continue in the housing estate, located in the Tai Po district, as buildings are consumed by flames. So far, three people have been arrested for alleged negligence: two directors and a builder of a real estate company.
Praying for Hong Kong#HongKongFire pic.twitter.com/O4S94rhu60
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Experts, who are collecting samples of scaffolding material that covered the façade, suggest that one of the causes could be due to the use of bamboo. This material, together with the polystyrene panels, would have contributed to the rapid spread of the fire.
The firefighters have explained that a total of 51 people have been found dead at the scene, while another four have died due to the severity of the injuries suffered after being transferred to a hospital in the area.
Around 800 firefighters and 140 trucks have traveled to the scene, where drones have also been deployed to try to put out the flames and try to identify the number of people trapped.
3 ARRESTED FOR🚨#MANSLAUGHTER
HKPF’s arrested 2 directors & 1 engineering consultant of a construction company suspected to have used substandard flame-retardant materials during the renovation of📍#WangFukCourt—the housing complex in #TaiPo that’s been ravaged by a LEVEL-5 #FIRE… pic.twitter.com/ZkzC4IQjbt— Hong Kong Police Force (@hkpoliceforce) November 27, 2025