Large hill fire burns in Hong Kong for more than 8 hours

A large hill fire was raging in northwestern Hong Kong on Friday night as efforts to water bomb the blaze with a government helicopter failed to douse the flames.

Firefighters continued to battle the blaze, which had engulfed a hillside near Yeung Ka Tsuen in Yuen Long, in the northwestern New Territories, for more than eight hours.

The fire, which broke out at about 3pm., had not been extinguished by 11pm.

But because the location was not near a residential area no evacuation was needed, the Fire Services Department said.