Hong Kong wildfire nearly out, no casualties reported

A wildfire in a hiking area that had been burning since Saturday in the northwestern New Territories, near the boundary between the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Shenzhen, Guangdong province, was largely extinguished by 2:08 pm on Sunday.

As of press time, no casualties had been reported.

The blaze — the second to break out in Yuen Long district in two weeks — occurred during exceptionally dry weather, which is expected to persist through Monday.