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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
BALING: A sombre atmosphere enveloped the home of the family of Mohamad Fayyad Affan Mohd Fakhri, a 4-year-old child with autism, after his body was discovered on the afternoon of March 31, Sinar Harian reports. Mohamad Fayyad Affan had been reported missing for three days after leaving his home near the JPS Quarters, Kampung Landak Paya,...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) will investigate the AirAsia flight which made an emergency landing after an engine caught fire mid-flight on Wednesday night (March 26). Transport Minister Anthony Loke said that he was briefed by the authority on the incident the same night but would reserve comment pending the investigation. "I do...
