Lung Wah Hotel’s restaurant area, famed for roast pigeon dish and featured in Hong Kong films, catches fire
- Blaze mostly damages outdoor section with no injuries reported, but investigations are under way into cause of incident
- Restaurant, which is still operating, has entertained list of celebrity diners such as Bruce Lee and martial arts novelist Louis Cha
An outdoor area of a Hong Kong restaurant popular with tourists for its roast pigeon dishes caught fire on Friday night, with its canopy and garden heavily damaged.
Firefighters put out the second-alarm blaze at Lung Wah Hotel in Sha Tin in the late evening, and no injuries were reported.
A staff member told the Post on Saturday afternoon they were operating as usual. “The fire was only in the garden. The hotel building and restaurant is not affected at all,” she said.
Police said they received multiple reports of a fire at the site at around 11pm. Firefighters put out the blaze in about 20 minutes, with the cause of the incident still under investigation.
Online footage showed thick smoke and flames, visible from a distance.
In the small hours of Saturday, League of Social Democrats vice-chairman Raphael Wong Ho-ming said on Facebook that he and his father, who is the village head in the area where the restaurant is located, arrived at the scene when firefighters were still battling the blaze.
“The second-alarm fire only affected a utility room in the hotel,” he wrote. “Luckily no nearby residences or the hotel and restaurant was affected. Some animals living the hotel, including peacocks are safe.”
He added that a firefighter there said the cause of the fire might be suspicious.
