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1 week ago

Hong Kong begins three days of mourning after deadly apartment fires

A catastrophic Hong Kong residential fire killed 128 people, left hundreds missing, exposed major fire-safety failures, and prompted arrests and a three-day official mourning period.
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2 months ago

The Devil Book by Asta Olivia Nordenhof review a Danish series that burns with purpose

At about 2am on the night of 7 April 1990, a fire broke out on board the MS Scandinavian Star, a car and passenger ferry operating between Oslo and Frederikshavn. Inadequate staff training coupled with jammed fire doors aiding the spread of the fire and the subsequent release of deadly hydrogen cyanide gas from burning laminates resulted in the deaths of 159 people.
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