Fire breaks out at new specialist wing of Kuala Lumpur Hospital


KUALA LUMPUR: Patients and staff were evacuated from the new specialist and daily treatment wing of the Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) after a fire broke out on the ninth floor. 

‎City Fire and Rescue Department operations centre head Samsol Maarif Saibani said the department received a distress call at about 12.40pm on Thursday. 

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