Multiple high-rise towers in Hong Kong on fire right now

[Charlie Hustle]

HONG KONG, Nov 26 (Reuters) - At least 13 people died and an unknown number were trapped on Wednesday after a massive fire engulfed multiple high-rise towers of a residential complex in Hong Kong's northern Tai Po district, the government said.
Firefighters battled the blaze into the night, with thick black smoke billowing from the 31-storey towers and orange flames lighting up the night sky.

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/fire-engulfs-residential-building-hong-kong-2025-11-26/

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

How did so many buildings catch fire like this? Was is arson?

 

[Bboystyle]

 

[Charlie Hustle]

How did so many buildings catch fire like this? Was is arson?

I was listening to the news report and they said some bamboo scaffolding caught on fire causing the fire to spread quickly. I haven't heard anything about arson being the root cause yet.

 

[ball15life]

Read that man in the last two photos is distraught because his wife is inside one of the buildings

 

[bnew]

damn, no contingencies for if the bamboo scaffolding caught fire.

 

[MajesticLion]

Someone didn't pay.

 

[ORDER_66]

sheesh seems like a terror attack or something?! they dont have fire suppression systems???

 

[LuuqMaan]

WTF, that shyt seems like a scene from a film

 

[Stir Fry]

Jesus. RIP and condolences

 

[ZEupTWN]

Opening verse

"To my surprise, listen
100-stories high
People gettin' loose, y'all''

the correlation is wild b.....



In all seriousness absolutely terrifying....I remember a Filipino/Chinese co worker I had was telling me yrs ago that HK was actually fair behind the curve as far as modern infrastructure compared to the rest of China...

 

[The Phoenix]

Read that man in the last two photos is distraught because his wife is inside one of the buildings

That is extremely sad.....nevertheless sad China breh needs the smiley treatment.

 

[staticshock]

Bamboo scaffolding

 

[desjardins]

Why would burning bamboo scaffolding be enough to engulf multiple steel and concreate buildings in flames
I'll actually be in HK for the first time next week on a layover

 

[3rdWorld]

Densely populated areas are susceptible to this..shyt spreads like dominoes falling.