Ammonia gas detected in Masai after fire at oil storage facility

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The Environment Department (DoE) has detected the presence of ammonia gas in Masai following a massive fire believed to have started at an oil storage facility.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/4bead28c   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The Environment Department has detected the presence of ammonia gas in Maasai following

00:07a massive fire believed to have started at an oil storage facility.

00:11State Environment Director Dr. Mohammad Fahmy Youssof said air quality monitoring began

00:16at 8 p.m. on Saturday at three key locations including SK Seri Kota Puteri and fire control

00:23post on Jalan Kempas Dua Belas.

00:26While no volatile organic compounds were detected at the sites, ammonia gas was found at the

00:32fire control post.

00:34Fortunately, the levels remain below the acute exposure guideline level 2, meaning there is

00:39no serious health risk at this time.

00:42Monitoring will continue on Sunday as a precautionary measure, with authorities linking the presence

00:48of ammonia to the ongoing blaze, which has yet to be fully extinguished.

00:53On Saturday, 34 firefighters and nine fire engines were deployed to the Kota Puteri industrial

01:00area near Taman Megahriya to tackle the massive fire.

01:04Johor Fire and Rescue Department Zone 1 Assistant Chief Rosfarawadi Ismani Ismail reportedly said

01:11the fire has already spread across five premises, affecting an area of about 1,000 square meters.

01:17llaman continues.

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01:27That is the fire.

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