Tai Po fire: Simulation finds substandard scaffold nets caused rapid spread of blaze, inquiry hears

A fire simulation conducted to investigate the rapid spread of last year’s deadly apartment complex blaze in Tai Po has found that non-fire-retardant materials may have caused “secondary ignitions” that exacerbated the spread of the inferno. Testifying at a public hearing investigating the cause of the fire that killed 168 and displaced thousands last November, […]

By James Lee