{
  "id": 16576341,
  "title": "Fire breaks out at Hong Kong’s Shek Kwu Chau waste-to-energy plant",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/fire-breaks-out-at-hong-kongs-shek-kwu-chau-waste-to-energy-plant-16576341",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T07:18:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post-hong-kong",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3372144/fire-breaks-out-hong-kongs-shek-kwu-chau-waste-energy-plant"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A fire broke out on Monday at Hong Kong’s waste-to-energy incinerator on an artificial island off Shek Kwu Chau. The blaze started at 12.43pm at the Integrated Waste Management Facilities Phase I and was upgraded to a No 3 alarm at 1.24pm, the Fire Services Department said. A No 3 alarm is the third of five levels, with five the most severe. Higher alarm levels trigger the deployment of more…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}