Hong Kong’s worst residential fire in more than half a century is triggering worries that a swathe of the high-rise housing common in China’s cities could be susceptible to similar safety risks. The ...

Days after a deadly blaze in Hong Kong killed at least 151 people, China has ordered a nationwide fire safety inspection of its more than one million residential and public use high-rise buildings.

Bamboo scaffolding, a millennia-old tradition used in the construction work of buildings in Hong Kong, is now under scrutiny following a massive fire that led to the deaths of 55 people, left several ...

HONG KONG, Nov 26 (Reuters) - 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 ...