Burst
Written by: Peng Kaixin and Huang Weimin
2021-03-26 11:39
Last update date: 2021-03-26 12:30
The Castle Peak Fire in Tuen Mun burned for more than 43 hours and was finally put out.
At 9 o'clock in the morning (26th), the fire department still had a 60-meter line of fire. By 11:39 in the morning, the firefighters finally put out the fire.
The mountain fire burned for more than one day and night. From the aerial footage, we can see that from the launch station on the top of the mountain to the hinterland of the mountain, the Pineapple Mountain, etc., a large area of forest was ravaged by the mountain fire, and the top of the mountain became bald. It is clear that the ridge has been severely weathered. Loess sandstone road.
The day before yesterday (24th) at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, a hill fire broke out in Qingshan, and the fire spread quickly even by the wind. Until yesterday, many fire dragons appeared in the Qingshan launching station and the area around Pineapple Mountain. The fire on Pineapple Mountain was fierce last night, and a fire line of 300 meters appeared once. , The houses in Liangjing Village clearly see the blazing fire on the mountain.
After nightfall, the fire dragon still stretches across the green hills, and thick smoke rolls through the air.
(Photo by Yu Ruijing)
The green hill, known as one of the "Three Tips of Hong Kong", is 583 meters high. The western part of the green hill is called the hinterland of the green hill.
The Tuen Mun Castle Peak Fire has not been extinguished for two days and is still more than 200 meters long
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