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Fire on the mountain!?

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    Exclamation Fire on the mountain!?

    Looks like a fairly large fire burning in the vicinity of Ma On Shan village/country park.

    Been going for about an hour now and smoke can be seen scattered over Shatin Valley.

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    Smoke appears to be getting thicker/darker near the source.

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    Update: appears to have died down (or the wind is keeping smoke from rising higher) but still going.

    Is it:

    A) villagers doing "spring cleaning"
    B) BBQ pits maxed out
    C) Forest fire


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    Think it's definitely a forest fire. Saw what appears to be helicopters with buckets flying really low.

    Difficult to see as some fog and more cloud cover now.

    Hope folks are ok given the huge surge of outdoor visitors.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Cornmeal:
    Think it's definitely a forest fire. Saw what appears to be helicopters with buckets flying really low.

    Difficult to see as some fog and more cloud cover now.

    Hope folks are ok given the huge surge of outdoor visitors.
    Is it still burning right now or has the smoke lessen?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coolboy:
    Is it still burning right now or has the smoke lessen?
    Impossible to tell. Maybe smoldering? Don't see any dark smoke but Light is gone and Tolo harbour-Shatin is fogged in...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cornmeal:
    Impossible to tell. Maybe smoldering? Don't see any dark smoke but Light is gone and Tolo harbour-Shatin is fogged in...
    It's on the local cantonese TVB news:

    http://news.tvb.com/local/5e5273dc34...AD%A6%E5%91%8A

    Now news has some good shots of the fire:

    https://news.now.com/home/local/player?newsId=381727
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    Quote Originally Posted by MatthieuTofu:
    That's pretty close and the response was not fast at all!

    No doubt started by a cigarette or other human error.
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