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Bamboo Scaffolding in Hong Kong

multimedia.scmp.com

6 points by ksec 5 hours ago

bell-cot 4 hours ago

Light bamboo scaffolding seems incapable of supporting an intense or long-lasting fire. I'm thinking the critical failure was poor fireproofing on the buildings' exteriors - similar to London's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenfell_Tower_fire