Tag - Fire And Rescue Department

Four business premises destroyed in Jitra fire

ALOR SETAR: Four business premises near a fast-food restaurant on Jalan Changlun in Jitra, were destroyed in a fire on Sunday (March 16) night. Kedah Fire and Rescue Department Operations and Station Management branch chief Abd Fataf Amdan said the department received an emergency call at 9.13pm and a team arrived at the scene three minutes...

Bomba seeks Sarawak govt’s help to build three fire stations along Pan Borneo Highway

SIBU: The Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department has asked the state government to help build three new stations along the Pan Borneo Highway to ensure faster response times in handling road accidents. Its director Jamri Masran said the department had prepared a proposal to build the Category D fire stations and will submit it to the...

Fire destroys house and seven vehicles in Hulu Besut

JERTIH: A house and seven vehicles, including five motorcycles, were destroyed in a fire at Kampung Gong Duek in Hulu Besut on Sunday (Feb 2). Jertih fire station chief Mustafa Ismail said the two-storey semi-permanent house was 80% destroyed. "We received a distress call at 6.46pm. A team of 13 in two fire engines and a tanker...

Baby among six killed in three-vehicle pile-up on Semporna-Tawau road

KOTA KINABALU: Six people, including a baby, were killed after the car they were in was involved in a three-vehicle collision along Jalan Kelumpang in the east coast Semporna-Tawau road on Sunday (Jan 12) afternoon. All six victims in the car were pronounced dead at the scene by the medical team, according to Semporna Fire and...

Three cars damaged by falling tree in KL’s Jalan Stonor

PETALING JAYA: Three cars have been damaged by a falling tree in Persiaran Stonor, off Jalan Stonor in Kuala Lumpur on Friday (Jan 10) night. The Kuala Lumpur Fire and Rescue Department said, in a statement, that the incident did not involve injuries or deaths. It added that the department had received an emergency call on the...

Housewife shocked by 1.4m crocodile near her front door in Pasir Mas

KOTA BARU: A housewife was stunned by an encounter with a 1.4m-long crocodile in a stream at the front of her house at Lorong Masjid Tal 7, Pasir Mas on Tuesday (Dec 31) Ong Lian Hui, 56, said she initially thought it was just a large monitor lizard. "I was stunned when I realised it was a...

Senior citizen drowns while setting nets in JB pond

JOHOR BARU: A 63-year-old man drowned while setting fishing nets in a pond on Jalan Cendana 6 in Taman Cendana here. Pasir Gudang fire station operations commander Sharol Suboh said they received an emergency call at 6.33pm on Monday (Dec 16). “A team was dispatched to the scene, about 7km away, and arrived at 6.40pm. “Upon arrival, the...

Firemen rescue four stranded by rising waters while fishing in Sitiawan

SITIAWAN: A Fire and Rescue Department team has rescued four individuals who found themselves trapped in swiftly moving water while fishing under the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Bridge in Sitiawan in the early hours of Thursday (Dec 12) morning. Perak Fire and Rescue assistant director (operations) Sabarodzi Nor Ahmad said that his team was alerted to the...

Two sisters killed in Kuala Berang landslide

KUALA BERANG: Two sisters were killed in a landslide that buried their house in Kampung Bukit Apit, Ajil, here at 4.30pm on Friday (Nov 29). The Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department’s (JBPM) Terengganu chapter director, Hassan ‘As’ari Omar, said the victims’ brother was found injured. "At the time of the incident, only three victims were in the...

Sabah mum’s last act was trying to save son before being hit by train

KOTA KINABALU: A mother's last effort was to try and save her son before they were hit by a train along the Petagas railway tracks near here on Tuesday (Nov 19) afternoon. According to people at the scene, the 41-year-old woman is believed to have pushed her son away from her in an attempt to get...