Rescuers sacrifice sleep to look for remaining landslide victims


End of search: Firemen and other rescue personnel at attention at the end of the search and rescue operation of the Bukit Kukus landslide in Paya Terubong.Star Pic by : LIM BENG TATT / The Star / 23 Oct 2018.

GEORGE TOWN: Rescuers from the Fire and Rescue Department, Royal Malaysian Police and Civil Defence Department are barely getting any sleep as they spend days and nights at the landslide area in Jalan Bukit Kukus, Paya Terubong, searching for survivors.

Penang Fire and Rescue Department deputy director Mohamad Shoki Hamzah said about 70 firemen were on duty at the scene each day and they only managed to catch a few minutes’ sleep during their break time.

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