Hong Kong fire: Authorities rush to remove scaffolding nets from all buildings

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Hong Kong authorities on Thursday (Dec 4) rushed to remove all mesh netting on buildings undergoing renovation across the city after the materials were blamed for fanning a blaze last week at the Wang Fuk court housing complex in Tai Po district that has killed at least 159 people.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:28Because of that incident, there should be a possibility to get fire.

00:42So if you take it down, there's less chance to get some kind of accident.

00:51So the residents will feel better if they agree to take it down.

00:54So they agree to take it down within this week.

00:56This accident can, of course, can influence the attendance of the election.

01:04A little bit should be some kind of influence for the attendance of the election.

01:11A little bit down, I think, because they don't have that interest.

01:15They're eager to elect people.

01:19According to the last week of the very terrible accident in Taipo,

01:23so at this moment, the government, they request to remove all the green net.

01:29I think it's more, at this moment, can comfort the residents' psychology issues, at least.

01:37The green net has already here, I think, it was in December of 2023.

01:43If I remember correctly, it's almost two years this month.

01:49So I don't know how to describe my feeling.

01:52Yeah, no good, no good, of course.

01:54Because, you know, the windows, you have to close.

01:58And then, you know, during the summertime,

02:02all the apartments, they have to remove their air conditioner.

02:04And then, you know, there's a little bit of air conditioner.

02:34and the fire burning fire burning,

02:36very scary.

02:38The loudspeaker hear the sound like a fire burning fire.

02:42I can't control the fire.

02:46I just think that day I can't sleep.

02:50I can't sleep.

02:52I can't sleep.

02:54I can't take anything out of my house.

02:56I'm just like this.

02:58I can't see anything.

03:00I can't see anything.

03:02I can't see anything.

03:04I've lost my life.

03:06I'm good at living here.

03:08I can't go to the lakefront.

03:10We're going to the lakefront.

03:12I can't see anything.

03:14It's my memory.

03:16It's like this.

03:32I can't see anything or something.

03:34It's like my Macht city with my home.

03:36But I can't see anything else.

03:38There it is.

03:42It's my wife, smelly, but no one canlesh.

03:46I can't believe nothing.

03:48There, I know there's a life.

03:50I can't see anything.

03:52There, I know.

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