Putra Heights inferno: Blaze completely put out at 3.45pm

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The Selangor government said the gas pipeline fire at Jalan Putra Harmoni, Putra Heights was completely extinguished at 3.45pm on Tuesday (April 1).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/yc8x8466  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The Fire and Rescue Department said the gas pipeline fire in Putra Heights was successfully

00:07extinguished completely at 3.45pm on Tuesday.

00:11The flames, which were 20 storeys high at one point, had gotten smaller by 2.45pm, after

00:16the firefighters battled the massive fire caused by a gas pipeline leak since early

00:21morning.

00:22The department deployed some 78 personnel for the operation that lasted for about seven

00:26hours.

00:27The department's former director-general, Datuk Sri Mohamad Hamdan Wahid, said the fire

00:32was believed to have been caused by a boiling liquid expanding vapour explosion.

00:37Mohamad Hamdan said the incident could have been due to leaked flammable gas, causing

00:42gas vapour to linger in the air before ignition triggered the explosion.

00:46He said the leak could be from a pipeline or container which might have ruptured, leaked

00:50or had an open valve.

00:52He added that all gas pipeline installations in Malaysia must comply with international

00:57safety standards and local regulations.

00:59So far, 190 houses, 148 cars and 11 motorcycles have been damaged by the fire that broke out

01:07at Jalan Putra Harmony in Putra Heights at 8.10am.

01:22For live UN video, visit www.un.org

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