HONG KONG - Acts of violence continued into the evening on Wednesday as radical protesters started fires and set up roadblocks in the heart of Mong Kok, one of Hong Kong's busiest districts.

Explosions were heard and plumes of smoke were visible. 

Police were on site to maintain order and conduct dispersal operations.

Traffic cones are set ablaze by anti-government protesters as a barricade on Sai Yeung Choi Street South in Mong Kok, Hong Kong, May 27, 2020. (CHINA DAILY)

A taxi is blocked on Sai Yeung Choi Street South by a barricade set up by anti-government protesters during an illegal assembly in Mong Kok, Hong Kong, May 27, 2020. (CHINA DAILY)

A taxi is blocked on Sai Yeung Choi Street South by a barricade set up by anti-government protesters during an illegal assembly in Mong Kok, Hong Kong, May 27, 2020. (CHINA DAILY)

A protester blocks ay of a taxi with a road sign on Sai Yeung Choi Street South during an illegal assembly in Mong Kok, Hong Kong, May 27, 2020. (CHINA DAILY)