Traffic hit as truck catches fire in tunnel of Hong Kong’s mega bridge

About this episode

A truck fire in the undersea tunnel of the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge caused significant traffic disruptions.

An articulated truck caught fire inside the undersea tunnel of the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge forcing the closure of city-bound lanes and disrupting traffic on Tuesday evening. The blaze was reported before 8pm in the tunnel tube of the 55km (34.2 mile) cross-border bridge. Video footage showed flames beneath the cargo truck and thick smoke filling the tunnel. The Transport Department announced soon after that all Hong Kong-bound lanes were closed, leaving only one lane available to...

Topics covered

• traffic disruption
• fire incident
• Hong Kong bridge
• transportation
• emergency response

Keywords

• truck fire
• Hong Kong
• Zhuhai
• Macau
• traffic disruption
• emergency response
• bridge incident

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Hong Kong, Zhuhai, Macau, Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, undersea tunnel, 55km (34.2 mile)

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