Cargo boat fire put out in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour after burning for 15 hours and sending fumes across city


More than 180 firefighters spent nearly 15 hours putting out a cargo boat blaze in Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour after the 6,448-tonne vessel burst into flames and sent smoke across the city as far as Tai Po.

Residents reported “choking” smoke in the air on Wednesday night, when a 100-metre-long craft carrying 3,000 tonnes of metallic waste near Stonecutters Island caught fire.

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