The China Thread

[citizen k]

BBC news

At least 36 people have been killed in a major fire engulfing apartment blocks in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong, with 279 people not accounted for

[citizen k]

[Jacob]

That looks bad

[DGuller]

Woah!  How can this happen to modern construction?  HK doesn't seem to be the place that would have negotiable enforcement of building code.

[Sheilbh]

Very early but from what I've seen people saying it might be the bamboo scaffolding (or at least that could be how the fire spread).