Putra Heights inferno: 237 premises, 305 people affected, says Fire and Rescue DG

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A total of 237 premises were affected in the gas pipeline fire that razed a neighbourhood in Putra Heights earlier Tuesday (April 1), said Fire and Rescue Department director-general Datuk Nor Hisham Mohammad. He said some 88 premises, comprising 78 homes and 10 shoplots, were burnt.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2c7ey342  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The affected house is 237, correct?

00:05The one that has no current or what?

00:07All of them, all of them.

00:09We calculated one section.

00:12It might not have caught fire, but because we cut the TNB, the supply.

00:15The majority of the victims slipped,

00:18either in an unblocked area,

00:21meaning if they wore short pants, they slipped on their feet,

00:23then slipped on the back,

00:25on the back, then they turned.

00:27But we also asked the KKM to monitor the cases

00:31if any of them were exposed to heat.

00:33We will continue, including what we said earlier,

00:36in 24 hours.

00:38So far, have you been able to confirm the source of the fire?

00:41No.

00:42Still in the investigation?

00:43Still in the investigation.

00:44Now we are cooling down the car,

00:47the boiler, to cool it down,

00:48to allow the investigation team to enter as soon as possible.

00:51That's what caught fire.

00:53The percentages are different.

00:54There are 10, there are 90,

00:57we will check again later.

00:59Yes, yes.

01:00Okay.

01:05So far, based on reading,

01:07the calculations that we monitored are 1,

01:121, 2,

01:14and 1, 1, 0,

01:16and gate buff 2, 6, 0,

01:19there is no gas flow.

01:21So the possibility is very, very, very low.

01:25So we will ask for communication with the police,

01:28because we have asked the PGA,

01:30a group of 35 people,

01:32to control the area,

01:34because we want to avoid other things.

01:36So you can communicate with the PKD,

01:38the police, the PTK police,

01:40to monitor the entrance.

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