The aftermath: On January 8--the 16th day of the twelfth lunar month, or wei-ya, when most us in the city were out celebrating the end of the lunar year at company dinners--the firefighters were up in the mountains with spartan boxed dinners fighting the flames.
元月八日是農曆十二月十六日，也是俗稱的「尾牙」，當一般人興高采烈在都市裡請客吃飯時，這些救火人員卻在山裡吃便當和火神奮鬥。