Three construction industry employees arrested after police allege unsafe scaffolding materials may have been behind fire’s rapid spread

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Bamboo scaffolding may be to blame for spread of fire

Hong Kong police have alleged unsafe scaffolding and foam materials used during maintenance work may have been behind the rapid spread of a devastating fire at a group of residential tower blocks that has killed at least 44 people and left almost 300 missing.