People scramble as motorbikes in shop explode one by one

PETALING JAYA: What was supposed to be a normal lunch before work turned into an eventful one when P. Shankar witnessed a motorcycle shop in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur being engulfed with flames, setting off a chain reaction of vehicle explosions.

"I was eating lunch with my wife when we suddenly heard a loud explosion. We went to see what happened and saw the fire at a motorcycle shop nearby," said Shankar, who works as an editorial artist at Star Media Group.