PONTIAN: A 56-year-old man with disabilities was rescued by the Fire and Rescue Department when his house in Kampung Melayu Raya here started flooding during heavy rain.
Pekan Nanas Fire and Rescue Department station chief Mahadir Mamat said firemen found the wheelchair-bound man lying on his bed in floodwaters about 0.6m high when they arrived at his house around 11.12pm on Monday (Dec 14).
He said the disabled man s 30-year-old brother had stayed in the house with him. A total of 16 people from five families in the village moved to the temporary flood relief centre in SK Melayu Raya at around 9pm when the waters continued rising, except for the two victims, he said.