Guns n&#39; Spices: Flammable <b>scaffolding</b> fed Shanghai high-rise fire

A day after a devastating fire gutted a 28-story Shanghai apartment tower, China faced angry questions on Tuesday about whether this nation’s breakneck construction boom had sown the seeds of similar accidents in years to come. Government censors swiftly suppressed the complaints in favor of commentaries about the unavoidable risks of living in skyscrapers and the promise of an official inquiry to be handled at the highest levels. But as the evidence of blatant disregard for safety at the incinerated building grew, disquiet swept from Shanghai, the boom’s high-rise epicenter, across the country. Shanghai’s government stated on its Web site that sparks from the welding torches of four unlicensed workers apparently ignited flammable nylon webbing and bamboo scaffolding that sheathed the building as it was undergoing renovations, rapidly engulfing it in flames - The New York Times
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