{
  "id": 17334183,
  "title": "Hong Kong’s Jumbo Floating Restaurant catches fire before opening, kills 34 – SCMP archive",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/hong-kongs-jumbo-floating-restaurant-catches-fire-before-opening-17334183",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T03:15:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3372522/hong-kongs-jumbo-floating-restaurant-catches-fire-opening-kills-34-scmp-archive"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "This story was first published on October 31, 1971. Aberdeen was yesterday (October 30, 1971) rocked by a tremendous explosion followed by fire which swept through the $14 million Jumbo Restaurant, killing 13 and injuring at least 42 others on board. It happened so quickly that within five minutes, fire engulfed the four-decked floating restaurant, reducing it to a charred hulk. Hundreds of…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}