Firefighters battle blaze at famous Hong Kong mansion owned by former screen goddess Brigitte Lin and billionaire husband

More than 150 firefighters fought an eight-hour battle against a blaze at a Hong Kong mansion said to be owned by former superstar actress Brigitte Lin Ching-hsia on Friday.

Emergency personnel were called to the palatial home built on a hill on Anderson Road in the Sau Mau Ping district of Kowloon just after 12.30am after a fire was reported in one of the bathrooms.