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Tsing Yi Recycling Site Waste Dump Fires Multi-area Estates Covered by Charred Smell

2020-03-09T20:07:18.050Z


In a recycling yard in Tsing Yi, a large area of ​​waste piles caught fire early this morning (10th), and it was extinguished after 1.5 hours of incineration without any casualties. However, within a few hours of the fire, odors shrouded in the areas around Tsing Kwai and Kowloon and even Hong Kong Island. Police and the Fire Services Department received at least dozens of requests for help. According to the Observatory, north to northwest winds were blown at the time of the incident, and Kowloon and Hong Kong Island were located east to southeast of Tsing Yi. It was suspected that the odor would spread.


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Written by: Deng Haixing, Chen Yongwu

2020-03-10 02:59

Last updated: 2020-03-10 03:59

In a recycling yard in Tsing Yi, a large area of ​​waste piles caught fire early this morning (10th), and it was extinguished after 1.5 hours of incineration without any casualties. However, within a few hours of the fire, odors shrouded in the areas around Tsing Kwai and Kowloon and even Hong Kong Island. Police and the Fire Services Department received at least dozens of requests for help. According to the Observatory, north to northwest winds were blown at the time of the incident, and Kowloon and Hong Kong Island were located east to southeast of Tsing Yi. It was suspected that the odor would spread.

The incident occurred near 0:30 in the morning. At a steel company recycling yard near Tsing Yi Road, a large number of abandoned building materials caught fire. The area was 25 meters by 20 meters by 20 meters, and mountain-like waste was piled up. Scroll straight into the air. Due to the lack of water at the scene, after the fire arrived, he had to drag his throat near Qingqing Road hundreds of meters away, and at the same time raised the ladder to purge the waste pile. It took about one and a half hours to extinguish the fire.

No one was injured or needed to be evacuated during the fire. However, there were multiple housing estates in the neighbourhood of Kwai Kwai, such as Meijing Garden and Lancheng Bay. During the fire on the site, many residents reported that they smelled a scorching odor. Check the fire department for incidents overnight. In the next few hours, as far as Kowloon City, Wong Tai Sin, and even Hong Kong Island North Point, there were many similar reports, all of which smelled charred.

According to the Observatory, Tsing Yi was blowing north to northwest during the fire, while Kowloon and Hong Kong Island were located east and southeast of Tsing Yi.

North to northwest winds were blowing around Tsing Yi during the fire. (Website of the Observatory)

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Source: hk1

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