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Traffic hit as truck catches fire in tunnel of Hong Kong’s mega bridge

An articulated truck caught fire inside the undersea tunnel of the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge forcing the closure of city-bound lanes and disrupting traffic on Tuesday evening. The blaze was reported before 8pm in the tunnel tube of the 55km (34.2 mile) cross-border bridge. Vi

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Traffic hit as truck catches fire in tunnel of Hong Kong’s mega bridgeAn articulated truck caught fire inside the undersea tunnel of the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge forcing the closure of city-bound lanes and disrupting traffic on Tuesday evening. The blaze was reported before 8pm in the tunnel tube of the 55km (34.2 mile) cross-border bridge. Vi
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