[Maanshan Mountain Fire] 20 hours of incineration forced residents' district members to request that the shelter be opened at any time

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Written by: Deng Haixing

2020-02-24 02:16

[Update] After more than 20 hours of mountain fire burning, it was extinguished at 8:49 am.

The Ma'anshan Luchao Mountain fire was put out for 20 hours from noon yesterday (23rd). In the early hours of this morning (24th), the hilltops were still flaming, the smoke was billowing, and they were quite close to the houses in Fu'an Garden, Xin'an Village and Dashuikeng Village. A member of the Sha Tin District Council (Dai Shui Hang constituency) Rong Hongzhou said at one time that he had contacted the Home Affairs Department and requested that the shelter be opened at any time for villagers to move in.

The fire broke out at about 12.09 noon yesterday. The fire line on Lu'an Mountain in Ma'anshan Country Park was once 400 meters long. The government flight service team sent a helicopter to assist in the rescue, but the operation was suspended last night. Fire pats and back pumps were used for fighting. Around midnight, there are still two lines of fire about 200 meters and 30 meters, respectively. As of 8:49 am, the wildfire was finally extinguished.

There are a number of housing estates and villages nearby, including Fu'an Garden, Xin'an Village and Dashuikeng Village. Many residents stayed up all night because of concerns about the relationship between the mountains and the fire, and kept uploading the latest mountain and fire situation to the social platform. Among them, there was the 15th resident of Fu'an Garden, who photographed the blaze of fire across the hill, densely smoky, and was very close to the housing estate. There were also nearby residents who said that firemen were shooting water at the hillside along the road.

As the fire approached the residential area, Sha Tin District Councillor (Da Shui Hang constituency) Rong Yizhou once stated on Facebook that he had asked the authorities to open the shelter at any time for the affected villagers to live. The environment of the field is complicated. Firefighters are now on alert at the Anshan Discovery Museum. The fire is waiting for the morning, and they will go up the mountain to fight the fire and send a helicopter to fight the fire. . "

According to the Observatory's data, the weather in Hong Kong was dry. When a mountain fire broke out yesterday, the yellow fire warning signal came into effect. The relative humidity in Shatin was only about 40 to 50 percent, which is close to the "very dry" level of the Observatory. Afterwards, the relative humidity in various areas rose, and the yellow fire warning was cancelled at 7:45 last night. However, the relative humidity in Shatin was still around 60% in the early hours of this morning, which was still a "dry" level.

[Maanshan Mountain Fire] The fire in Luchao Mountain was burnt for 12 hours without being extinguished

The mountain fire in Ma'anshan Luchaoshan has not been extinguished for a long time, and is very close to residential buildings. (Group fb "Anshan Discovery Museum")

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