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Hong Kong Contractors Used Unsafe Netting at Fire Site, Officials Say

Investigators say contractors wrapped the buildings in substandard scaffolding netting and then sought to hide it from inspectors. The toll from the fire rose to 151.

© Lam Yik Fei for The New York Times

Green netting and bamboo scaffolding are visible on buildings at Wang Fuk Court, the Hong Kong apartment complex engulfed by fire last week.
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