Religious school fire: Survivors had to break windows to escape


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 14 Sep 2017

Bomba personnel outside the Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah Tahfiz Centre in Kuala Lumpur. - AFP

KUALA LUMPUR: A parent of one of the students who survived the fire at a religious school in Jalan Datuk Keramat here, said his son and friends had to break windows to escape to safety.

Datuk Dr Sharifuddin Musa, 45, the father of Mohd Shahir, 11, a survivor of the tragic fire at Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah tahfiz which claimed the lives of at least 23 people, said he was informed of the incident as he was preparing for Subuh prayers.

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