Walk through any city, large or small, and you’ll notice lots and lots of scaffolding. Look around and you’ll see rows upon rows of metal and wood clinging to the sides of buildings. You’ll see ...

HONG KONG -- The death toll of Hong Kong’s high-rise apartment blaze rose to 159 on Wednesday, as authorities arrested six people on suspicion of deactivating some fire alarms during maintenance work ...

For many, it was already too late. Within hours, seven of the eight towers in Wang Fuk Court were ablaze. The inferno raged ...

What we need includes an independent investigation into the malpractice surrounding repair project bidding, the failure of ...

Hong Kong authorities say the netting on buildings that caught fire last week did not meet codes for fire resistance.

Investigators say contractors wrapped the buildings in substandard scaffolding netting and then sought to hide it from ...

The complex was home to some 4,800 residents, some of whom had raised safety concerns about the renovations more than year ...

By nightfall, the scale of the devastation was becoming clear. Around 6 p.m. the fire was declared a maximum level 5 alarm.