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  "id": 16734068,
  "title": "Fire at Hong Kong’s first incinerator prompts calls to rethink waste strategy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/fire-at-hong-kongs-first-incinerator-prompts-calls-to-rethink-waste",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T10:11:35.000Z",
  "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/3372305/fire-hong-kongs-first-incinerator-prompts-calls-rethink-waste-strategy"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The abrupt suspension of Hong Kong’s first waste incinerator after a fire is a stark warning against relying too heavily on the HK$31.3 billion (US$4 billion) plant, environmentalists have said, as a former lawmaker urges the government to keep its landfill-free timetable on track. Monday’s blaze broke out on the roof of the third incineration module at the Integrated Waste Management Facilities…",
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  },
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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."
}