Tag - Fire And Rescue Department

SAR op ongoing for man who fell off Second Penang Bridge

GEORGE TOWN: A search and rescue (SAR) operation has been launched following reports that a 33-year-old man fell from the Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah Bridge, or Second Penang Bridge, on Wednesday (July 2). He is reported to have fallen at KM14 of the bridge in the direction from Batu Maung to Batu Kawan at 4.23am,...

Man killed in Gerik lorry-car collision

IPOH: A man in his 70s was killed and two others were injured when a 10-tonne lorry collided with a car near the Titiwangsa range in Gerik on Thursday (June 26). The accident occurred as the vehicles were travelling from Gerik towards Jeli in Kelantan. The male driver of the car sustained minor injuries, while a female...

Six-year-old autistic boy reported missing near Kinabatangan riverbank

KOTA KINABALU: A search and rescue operation has been launched following the disappearance of a six-year-old autistic boy in Batu Putih, near Menggaris in Kinabatangan on Saturday afternoon (June 21). The Kinabatangan Fire and Rescue Department received an emergency call at 5.14pm reporting that the child, identified as Mohammad Aqeef Al Tarmiezy Arman, had gone missing...

Floods: Trapped senior citizen rescued in Bukit Kemuning

PETALING JAYA: Flash floods early Friday (June 20) morning left a senior citizen here trapped in a house after water levels rose. When contacted, Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director (Operations) Ahmad Mukhlis Mokhtar said the department was alerted to the incident in Bukit Kemuning at 8.29am. "The victim was then brought out with help from...

Man killed in car-lorry crash on North-South Expressway

MUAR: A local man died on the spot in an accident involving the car he was driving and a lorry carrying hardware products at KM 104.1 of the North-South Expressway (Southbound). The Johor Fire and Rescue Department Operation Centre said they received an emergency call regarding the incident on Wednesday (May 14) at 8.49am. Pagoh Fire and...

Flash floods hit several areas in S’gor after early morning downpour, no evacuations reported, says Bomba

SHAH ALAM: Several areas in Selangor were affected by flash floods following heavy rainfall since early Wednesday (April 23) morning. Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant operations director Ahmad Mukhlis Mukhtar said the affected areas were in Sungai Buloh, Petaling Jaya and Subang Jaya. According to him, 86 homes were impacted, however, no evacuations have been reported. In...

Worker dies while working on telco tower in Tampin

TAMPIN: A 31-year-old telecommunications worker who fainted while working 60m above ground was pronounced dead after he was brought down by firemen. A Fire and Rescue Department spokesman said his team had received a report that the victim had fainted while working up the tower along Jalan Felda Jelai-Gemas near here around 4.20pm on Monday (April...

Man drowns while foraging for mussels in PD

PORT DICKSON: A 51-year-old man who was out looking for mussels along the beach here was found drowned off Pulau Tikus. A Fire and Rescue Department spokesman said the victim's daughter filed a police report at 7.30pm on Monday (April 14) after he failed to return home. The victim left his house around 2pm to look for...

Fire Dept personnel share tales of harrowing moments at ground zero

KUALA LUMPUR: "We had to be careful with every step. The ground here is very soft. One wrong step and we could have been pulled in." These were the words which aptly described the anxious moments the Fire and Rescue Department's technical team faced when investigating the area around the crater formed by the gas pipeline...

‘Residents immediately evacuated at 8am because the heat was too strong’

PETALING JAYA: Soon after explosions were heard in Putra Heights, residents rushed to vacate their homes because the heat was too strong, a resident recounts. Tan Sri Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir, a retiree, said he is working with the local community to shelter fire victims here. “The explosion was about 8.12am. Then people just evacuated...