Fires
Hong Kong leader says fire probe expected to conclude within 9 months
[HONG KONG] Hong Kong will seek to wrap up an independent investigation into a fire that killed at least 160 people in the Asia financial centre within nine months, the city’s leader said on Friday (D...
Fire breaks out at seven-storey building in Jakarta, 20 dead
The fire erupted on the first floor at around midday
Hong Kong faces low election turnout as residents mourn deadly fire
[HONG KONG] Turnout is expected to be low for Hong Kong’s “patriots only” legislative election on Sunday (Dec 7), with subdued political campaigning as the population reels from the city’s deadliest b...
Hong Kong tower fire toll rises to 128, 200 remain missing
While firefighters contained the blaze on Friday, families had the grim task of looking at photographs of the dead taken by rescue workers.
Infographic: Aftermath of HK Tai Po fire
The Business Times investigates the numbers behind the operation and the financial scale of the tragedy.
Hong Kong warned of tower fire risk just days before killer blaze
Multiple written warnings were issued to the contractor about the need to adopt appropriate fire safety measures
Hong Kong police arrest construction firm bosses over fire; death toll hits 75 with 300 missing
The government would set up a HK$300 million fund to help residents
Eunos fire: BCA to order owner to close ‘badly damaged’ industrial building for checks
It is also working with JTC to investigate the incident and assess the site’s structural condition
Fire at ASL Marine unit’s Batam shipyard leaves 13 dead, 18 injured
Another fire at the same shipyard in June left four dead and five injured
Restaurant fire kills 22 in north-east China’s Liaoning
[BEIJING] A restaurant fire in northeastern China killed 22 people on Tuesday, the official news agency Xinhua said, in the latest in a series of similar deadly incidents around the country.
