Village threatened by nearby refinery fire


Fire and smoke: Water being sprayed onto burning tanks of fuel at the Kemaman Bitumen Company in the Teluk Kalong industrial area. — Bernama

KEMAMAN: Evacuation plans are in place for a village with about 2,000 residents living close to burning tanks at a refinery should the air quality drop to dangerous levels.

Terengganu police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Aidi Ismail, however, assured that the air quality index at the site in Teluk Kalong was not at a risky level.

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