Firefighters take more than six hours to put out Penang forest fire 05 Feb 2021 / 15:02 H. Pix for illustration purposes.
GEORGE TOWN: Firefighters took more than six hours to put out the blaze which engulfed 7.3 hectares of forested area along Jalan Chee Seng in Tanjung Bungah near here yesterday afternoon.
Bagan Jermal Fire and Rescue station operations commander, Wan Chik Ariffin Mohd Ismail said the firefighters received an emergency call at 4.42 pm and arrived at the scene 10 minutes later.
“Upon arrival, we found three parts of the forest area were already destroyed and a total of 50 officers and firefighters were involved in the firefighting operation,” he said when contacted today.
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