Rescuers to ensure no one left behind in homes affected by Putra Heights inferno

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Authorities said they would perform a second sweep of homes affected by the Putra Heights gas pipeline fire on Tuesday (April 1) afternoon.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/rusyfntw   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00As we can see from the diagram, there are three pipelines as stated by the owner, 36 inches, 36 inches, and 30 inches in diameter.

00:17And based on the initial design, we have a gatebuffer control that we built.

00:26First, in this burnt area, the number of pipes that are involved between gatebuffer 210 to gatebuffer 211 is 18 kilometers long.

00:41Then from gatebuffer 211 to gatebuffer 212, we have a pipe length of 14 kilometers.

00:51So the first thing we do when we have a shape for this pipeline is to close the nearest gatebuffer with the incident area,

01:00which is gatebuffer 210 and gatebuffer 211, which we close at 8.51 and 8.46.

01:09This is from the remote.

01:12As a contingency, we have also instructed gatebuffer 209 and gatebuffer 211 to be closed

01:21because we found that there is still a reading of pressure in the burning pipe.

01:29So, God willing, we have closed all four main gates and we expect that it will take a little time before the entire gas is burned.

01:40So it's over.

01:42And at the same time, we have also instructed Petronas to release the gas at the three main gatebuffers,

01:52namely the release at gatebuffer 210, the release at gatebuffer 211 and also the release of gas at 212.

02:00So, God willing, I can't tell you the estimation.

02:04We expect it to be complete in four hours, but we hope it can be shortened from that time

02:13depending on the number of releases and also the safety measure, the safety measures taken at the speed limit.

02:21The main thing is to identify the possible victims who are still in the house.

02:30The police and the fire brigade have inspected 49 premises, 12 in Kampung Sungai Baru and 37 in Harmoni Park.

02:43We have inspected, but we also take precautions to carry out a second inspection

02:49so that we are not worried that there are also victims who may be left alone,

02:54who do not report to our base camp and also do not report to our medical base camp.

03:00We will start the second round process together with the agency to inspect and ensure

03:08that there are no more victims left in the house.

03:11Secondly, because of the heat that exploded earlier, causing a lot of plastic elements

03:21and also elements of carbon that may be burned,

03:24the team will start to eliminate or extinguish as much as possible the possibility of burning.

03:32Dato, most of the victims involved in what injuries?

03:36Most of the victims slipped on their feet.

03:39There are also victims who are not related to this because they have oxygen support.

03:44Then, after the operation, we also sent them to three nearby hospitals.

03:50Cyberjaya Hospital, Putrajaya Hospital and also more seriously, we sent them to Sertak Hospital.

03:57If we look at the radiance of the house, it means that the house that we have entered now

04:06does not cause a fire in terms of radiance.

04:09So, we will stand by the motor along the line and like we said earlier,

04:15the process is to ensure that all gases in the 18-kilometer pipe plus 14 kilometers are released

04:24both in terms of burning and in this current time, it is also being released manually by the team.

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