6 hours agoHong Kong Fire on the Dead
Periskopi(7 months ago)
(7 months ago)The death toll from a massive fire that included several multistory residential blocks in Hong Kong's northern Tai Po district has risen to 44, until another 279 result in extinction. This is the deadliest fire in Hong Kong in at least 63 years, writes BBC, broadcast Periscope. This fire is already equal [...]
This is the deadliest fire in Hong Kong in at least 63 years, writes BBC, broadcast Periscope.
This fire has already been equated with the number of fire victims in the Sham Shui Po district, which killed 44 people and left hundreds more homeless in the city. About 227kg of fireworks stored in the building's facilities had caused the rapid spread of flames on top floors, South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported.
In November 1996, a fire at the Garley building in Kowloon killed 41 people and injured 81 others.
The deadliest fire ever recorded occurred in 1948 after an explosion on the ground floor in a five-story warehouse containing dangerous <x0). He left 176 people dead. /Periscope
