Firefighters extinguishing the flames on the container trucks 25 April 2022 – credit Julian Law
Firefighters extinguishing the flames on the container trucks 25 April 2022. Credit Julian Law.

More than a dozen heavy goods vehicles in the vicinity of Hong Kong’s Kwai Tsing container terminals were damaged this morning in a suspected arson attack.

Residents called the police after hearing what sounded like multiple explosions from the open-air parking lot at Container Port Road, accompanied by raging flames and bursts of smoke.

Firefighters arrived with 10 fire appliances and, using water and foam jets, took just under an hour to put out the fire which had engulfed 12 HGVs, one ...

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