JOHOR BARU: The careless behaviour of people who throw cigarette butts and those who start uncontrolled open burning during this dry season has kept the Fire and Rescue Department here busy answering an average of 25 calls per day since the start of the year.
The state department’s deputy director Mohd Yusof Mohd Gunnos said more than 900 incidents of bushfires have been reported in the state since January this year
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