Swire Coca-Cola vows to investigate Hong Kong plant carbon dioxide leak, no injuries reported
- Video posted online shows white clouds billowing out onto the street at facility in Sha Tin
Swire Coca-Cola has vowed to investigate a carbon dioxide leak at its Hong Kong plant in which no injuries have been reported.
The company confirmed the leak on Sunday after video footage posted online showed white clouds billowing out onto the street at the Sha Tin facility the night before at around 9.45pm, although it was not immediately clear what the substance was.
A motorcyclist was seen driving through the smoke in the clip, while two security guards tried to direct traffic as pedestrians looked on.
Jason Ja, who posted the video to a Facebook group, wrote: “I’m not sure what happened, but the security guard told me it was fine to just pass through.
“I came by a second time after firefighters arrived, and they told me to turn around and would not let me through.”
A subsidiary of the Swire conglomerate, Swire Coca-Cola is the fifth-largest bottling partner of the Coca-Cola Company globally by volume.
