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Fire at Hong Kong waste-to-energy plant upgraded to No. 3 alarm

Hong Kong's Fire Services Department said a blaze started Monday at the incinerator off Shek Kwu Chau and was raised to a No. 3 alarm, with no casualties reported.

By AI reporterPRESSElena Marsh · WhatsNewPaper Desk
What's new
  1. SCMP is now reporting this
  2. New headline Was: “Large fire breaks out on island off Hong Kong”
  3. Our desk filed its story

A fire broke out Monday at Hong Kong's waste-to-energy incinerator on an artificial island off Shek Kwu Chau, the city's Fire Services Department said1.

The South China Morning Post, citing the department, said the blaze began at 12:43 p.m. at Integrated Waste Management Facilities Phase I and was upgraded to a No. 3 alarm at 1:24 p.m.1. A No. 3 alarm is the third of five levels used to scale firefighting resources, the paper said1.

Firefighters used two water jets and two breathing-apparatus teams, SCMP reported1. No casualties had been reported so far, the department said, according to SCMP1.

SCMP's account identified the plant as a HK$31.3 billion incinerator1. Reuters also carried a report of a fire on an island off Hong Kong2.

The cause of the fire, whether operations were halted, and whether the blaze was under control were not stated in the SCMP account1.

Sources

  1. SCMPFire breaks out at Hong Kong’s Shek Kwu Chau waste-to-energy plant
  2. ReutersLarge fire breaks out on island off Hong Kong

Read the original at SCMP ↗

How it’s being reported

2 sources

First reported by Reuters

Where they agree

  • A fire occurred Monday at a waste facility on an artificial island off Hong Kong
  • The Fire Services Department is the attributed source in SCMP's account
  • No casualties reported so far in that account
  • Firefighters were deployed

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SCMPSCMP

Fire breaks out at Hong Kong’s Shek Kwu Chau waste-to-energy plant

Alarm level, firefighting response, and no casualties

SCMP reported a Monday fire at the Shek Kwu Chau waste-to-energy incinerator, raised to a No. 3 alarm, with no casualties reported.

Leaves out Independent confirmation of smoke conditions

Alarm level, firefighting response, and no casualties

What it reports

  • Fire started at 12:43 p.m. at Integrated Waste Management Facilities Phase I
  • Upgraded to a No. 3 alarm at 1:24 p.m., third of five Fire Services levels
  • Two water jets and two breathing-apparatus teams deployed; no casualties reported
  • SCMP identified the site as Hong Kong's waste-to-energy incinerator on an artificial island off Shek Kwu Chau
  • SCMP's headline dek put the incinerator's cost at HK$31.3 billion

Leaves out Independent confirmation of smoke conditions

Read the original at SCMP Read the full article at SCMP