Hong Kong fire: Citizens’ anger over 146 deaths spills on to streets, demand fair probe; China slaps sedition law – The Times of India

Hong Kong fire: Citizens’ anger over 146 deaths spills on to streets, demand fair probe; China slaps sedition law – The Times of India

Public anger over Hong Kong’s deadliest residential fire in decades has spilled into the streets, even as a student activist who demanded accountability was reportedly detained under the city’s national security regime.Miles Kwan, 24, had been distributing flyers outside a city train station on Friday, urging commuters to support an independent investigation into the blaze…

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‘Flames spreading faster than they should’: What caused the Hong Kong fire that killed 36 and left hundreds missing – The Times of India

‘Flames spreading faster than they should’: What caused the Hong Kong fire that killed 36 and left hundreds missing – The Times of India

A devastating fire tore through high-rise residential towers in Hong Kong and killed at least 36 people and left 279 missing.The hellfire raised an urgent question about why the blaze spread so quickly and what fuelled its deadly outburst. An ‘unusual’ fire that crept with help of styrofoam The disaster was one of the city’s…

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