Firemen working non-stop Department responding to 500 calls every day this month

PETALING JAYA: The Fire and Rescue Depart­ment continued to have its hands full dealing with widespread incidents of peat and bushland fires nationwide.

Its director general Datuk Wan Mohd Nor Ibrahim said his department responded to a total of 6,463 fires, of which 5,256 were peat, bush and open fires for the past 12 days.