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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