Hong Kong authorities have suspended the water supply from the Kowloon Reservoir following the discovery of a submerged car believed to be linked to a 2023 case involving a floating body. A man spotted the overturned rusty vehicle at the bottom of the reservoir at about 5pm on Saturday, near Kam Shan Tree Walk in…
Tribute to firefighters battling the California wildfires – CBS News Watch CBS News For the past three weeks, we’ve been watching as firefighters from all over the country join their colleagues in Southern California to battle the wildfires. As residents ran away from the flames, these brave souls raced toward them, risking their lives to…
L.A. Fire Department officials face criticism over early wildfire response – CBS News Watch CBS News The most dangerous of the winds in Southern California will be dying down over the next few hours, giving firefighters a much-needed break. Jonathan Vigliotti has new reporting on how some of them were deployed in the first hours…
A seafood vendor in eastern China has garnered widespread praise on mainland social media for draining the water from tanks of live marine products he was transporting to extinguish a car fire. As a result of his actions, he suffered a total loss of the seafood he intended to sell. The incident occurred on an…
Three people were injured, including a driver left trapped in his seat, when a shuttle bus serving a luxury estate in southern Hong Kong slammed into a lamp post on Sunday evening. Police said the shuttle bus crashed on Pak Pat Shan Road near Redhill Plaza in Tai Tam at about 6.15pm, with the driver…
Five Hong Kong firefighters were hurt on Friday after their vehicle was rear-ended by a goods truck when they went to assist at a traffic accident involving a car and a wild boar. The initial crash took place in Sai Kung at about 11.24am when a Kowloon-bound private car was travelling along Clear Water Bay…
A driver had a narrow escape when his light goods van crashed into the lobby of a residential building in Hong Kong on Thursday evening. The man was driving in Yau Ma Tei when his vehicle suddenly veered off Canton Road and smashed through plate glass windows into the ground-floor lobby of the Jade Suites…
Cathay Pacific Airways has reopened one of its business lounges at Hong Kong’s airport, a day a fire broke out and triggered the evacuation of more than 250 people. The city’s flag carrier said The Pier business lounge had reopened on Sunday. “The lounge was temporarily closed yesterday following an incident involving one of the…
An elderly man died after a fire broke out in an upmarket flat in Hong Kong’s Mid-Levels area on Sunday, while about 50 residents were evacuated from the building. The blaze began shortly before 5pm in a flat in Tower 2 of the Elegant Terrace development on Conduit Road. Firefighters rushed to the scene and…
A man was found unconscious after a fire broke out in an upmarket flat in Hong Kong’s Mid-Levels area on Sunday, with 50 residents evacuated from the building. The blaze broke out shortly before 5pm in a flat in Tower 2 of the Elegant Terrace development on Conduit Road. Firefighters rushed to the scene and…