A No.3 alarm fire ripped through Yau Ma Tei’s wholesale fruit market at around 4:24pm on Sunday afternoon.
Firefighters used six jets, two turntable ladder monitors and three breathing apparatus teams to tackle the blaze. It was under control by 8:06pm.
No injuries or casualties have been reported. At least ten stalls were damaged, according to iCable.
See also: Photos from the fruit market last year.
Surrounding roads were closed as a performance at the nearby Yau Ma Tei theatre has been cancelled.
Across from my place in #yaumatei Large fire near the historic wholesale fruit market. Hope everyone’s ok pic.twitter.com/BKwSYkB9G7
— Elizabeth Briel (@ArtMaterialist) September 4, 2016
The market, founded in 1913, is classed as a grade two historical building. The cause of the fire remains unknown.
