Hong Kong Fire Generates High Numbers of Crispy Critters

[ChloeTzang]

Huge Residential Apartment Complex fire underway in Hong Kong. Multiple high rise blocks on fire.

At least 13 people died and unknown numbers trapped. Thousands of apartment units impacted and an unknown number of people trapped. Teams of firefighters have been attempting to douse the flames at Wang Fuk Court, a housing complex made up of eight blocks in the city's Tai Po district in the north east.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Taipo District Council member, Lo Hiu-fung, told local broadcaster TVB that most of the residents trapped in the fire were believed to be elderly people, the AP news agency reported, although this has not yet been confirmed by authorities. A number of towers currently burning have bamboo scaffolding and construction netting fitted to their exterior. TVB reported that the complex was undergoing major renovations.

Six buildings on fire - at least three where the entire buildings are on fire.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Wow! This is wild

Soundslike the bamboo scaffolding caught fire and spread into the building interiors. Entire blocks goingh up like roman candles.

 

[ChloeTzang]

You can HEAR the fire in this one. Horrendous

 

[John_von_Neumann]

Based on thread title, I came here expecting to learn how to season dog and cat.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Based on thread title, I came here expecting to learn how to season dog and cat.

LOL. You can probably expect quite a few of those too. At least one fireman already dead, and I expect the smoke has gotten a lot of residents trapped inside the buildings, As well as the cats and dogs.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Three arrested in relation to Hong Kong apartment fire​

Buildings still burning - more than 800 firefighters battling the fire
Death toll at 36 - likely to be many more. At least one firefighter dead.
279 missing
900 successfully evacuated
7 of the 8 buildimgs are primarily tenanted by Seniors - at least 4500 people live here
Flames have spread to all 8 buildings in the complex but is being brought under control in 3 buildings.
Firefighters have been unable to reach some floors to evcuate survivors - still residents trapped on upper floors - almost impossible for firefighters to get to

 

[ChloeTzang]

800 firefighters and 400 police on scene
A lot of eyewitness accounts
President Xi Jinpimg has sent his condolences to those who died in the fire and demanded an all-out effort to fight the fire
Numerous reports of trapped residents

 

[ChloeTzang]

This fire is something else

 

[Lazaran]

Oh the humanity…

 

[ChloeTzang]

Hong Kong Inferno: Terrifying Visuals As Fires Sweep 7 High-Rise Towers;​

 

[ChloeTzang]

Oh the humanity…

 

[Philthy_Phil]

It's being reported that 1.3 billion people are now homeless due to the fire.

 

[ChloeTzang]

At least 44 people have died and hundreds are unaccounted for and missing.

Buildings still billowing smoke and still some fires to be extinguished.

Investigations into cause ongoing. Thousands of residents displaced. Authorities have identified empty housing units to relocate displaced residents into.
One of the challenges for fireighters constant falling debris and very high temperatures
Hundreds of people still missing, authorities trying to identify missing, firefighting is still ongoing.

 

[ChloeTzang]

President Xi Jinping has called for an all-out rescue effort

 

[ChloeTzang]

Interview with a survivor who escaped....

All the windows were covered and sealed by blocks of plystyrene foam as part of renovations - to protect glass during renovations.
Fire alarms never went off
Firefighters have been fighting the fire continuously for over 20 hours

 

[ChloeTzang]

Drone vision shows horror of Hong Kong apartment inferno​

 

[DraggonStone]

Biden's fault

 

[Chernosoth]

China has harsh lessons ahead in architecture and city planning, starting with building height. Anything past five floors is at best a waste, at worst a mass death. Most skyscrapers will have controlled demolition, and some will burn down with people inside. The vast numbers of apartment blocks sold as real estate investments but never occupied can have controlled demolitions.

 

[DraggonStone]

It looked like Dresden after the bombing

 

[briancamdudetenger2018]

what the

it was 6 apartment buildings

i thought it was just 1 big apartment building

 

[HisArpy]

what the

it was 6 apartment buildings

i thought it was just 1 big apartment building

Chicago fire in the orient.

Although I'm thinking that it was a cockroach instead of a cow what started it.

 

[Rebel5soul]

Do the Chinese do Smores?

 

[ChloeTzang]

At least 65 confirmed dead, nearly 300 missing​

Extreme temperatures making it difficult to search the buildings. Inside layout us very complex. Firefighters still battling fires inside the buildings, proceeding floor by floor
Rescue attempts for those remaining trapped inside still underway
Chinese companies are donating tens ofmillions of dollar to assist residents, Chinese President Xi Jinping has personally donated to the effort
Families identifying recovered bodies

Number of dead keeps climbing as they find more bodies - up to 75 now

 

[eric_erosfan]

No sprinkler systems in China?