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Watch: Scaffolding ripped from Hong Kong building as Typhoon Noul makes landfall

eriinfo.com5 days ago01 mins

Police said they received numerous calls after multi-storey scaffolding along Cheung Sha Wan Road collapsed in powerful winds on Saturday. No injuries have been reported. Typhoon Noul made landfall in southern China on Sunday morning, lashing the region with strong winds and heavy rain and forcing Hong Kong airport to cancel around 360 passenger flights….

Hong Kong fire probe centers on bamboo scaffolding, an icon of the city

eriinfo.com8 months ago04 mins

HONG KONG — Kan Shui-ying was home alone on Wednesday, watching television at her Hong Kong apartment while her husband and son were at work. It was around 3 p.m., she said, when she “smelled a strong burning odor.” She thought she might be boiling something, so she went to check. “I opened the window…