Hong Kong Apartment Blocks fire.

[mackem 30,609]

Currently 44 confirmed dead 270+ missing and two directors of the apartments and an engineering consultant arrested.

 

[TOMO 29,559]

It's not Chung king towers then Mac

[fireman 11,530]

53 minutes ago, TOMO said:

It's not Chung king towers then Mac

 It's the Charred Kong Towers .....

 

 

 

[mackem 30,609]

1 hour ago, fireman said:

 It's the Charred Kong Towers .....

 

That’s actually a pretty good description,watching it at the minute,55 bodies recovered so far.

[pesky1972 5,728]

Hell of a way to go. Probably since 9/11 the first thing I do if I stay at a high rise hotel/apartment block is find out where the fire exit is in case I have to get to it through a smoke filled corridor. 

[Greyman 32,700]

I take a wing suit if I go above the third floor

[tatsblisters 11,193]

Fire fighters hampered by the bamboo scaffolding that's caught fire. Anyone who has seen bamboo scaffolding how do they fix it together like steel scaffolding using clips. 

[WataWalloper 4,334]

13 minutes ago, tatsblisters said:

Fire fighters hampered by the bamboo scaffolding that's caught fire. Anyone who has seen bamboo scaffolding how do they fix it together like steel scaffolding using clips. 

Think they lash it together mate with ropes an stuff haha I watched a video on how they build them ages ago 

[mackem 30,609]

31 minutes ago, tatsblisters said:

Fire fighters hampered by the bamboo scaffolding that's caught fire. Anyone who has seen bamboo scaffolding how do they fix it together like steel scaffolding using clips. 

No mate,no clips,they tie or lash it together with lengths of plastic straps.

[mackem 30,609]

This is the exact scaffolding tats,pre-fire,you can see how it’s lashed together.

[mel b 4,299]

1 minute ago, mackem said:

This is the exact scaffolding tats,pre-fire,you can see how it’s lashed together.

Jesus wept. I thought steel scaffold was bad enough . 

[mackem 30,609]

2 minutes ago, mel b said:

Jesus wept. I thought steel scaffold was bad enough . 

When I lived in Hong Kong I remember bamboo scaffolding collapsed onto Nathan Road in TST,the guys working on it came down also onto the road.

The odd thing is mainland China stopped using bamboo a few years back,Hong Kong was “phasing it out”.

[mel b 4,299]

28 minutes ago, mackem said:

When I lived in Hong Kong I remember bamboo scaffolding collapsed onto Nathan Road in TST,the guys working on it came down also onto the road.

The odd thing is mainland China stopped using bamboo a few years back,Hong Kong was “phasing it out”.

It seems crazy that civilised people are using medieval building techniques in this day and age.

[tatsblisters 11,193]

8 hours ago, mel b said:

Jesus wept. I thought steel scaffold was bad enough . 

Don't think i would feel safe working off that especially the hight it was on them buildings that was on fire. At least they would be no trap ends with bamboo. Lol  

[mel b 4,299]

7 minutes ago, tatsblisters said:

Don't think i would feel safe working off that especially the hight it was on them buildings that was on fire. At least they would be no trap ends with bamboo. Lol  

I barely trust a bamboo chair when I sit on it , never mind bamboo scaffold,  hundreds of feet in the air..