Sixteen escape death from express bus fire


Fiery battle: Firefighters working to extinguish the blaze. — Photo courtesy of Fire and Rescue Department, via Facebook

IPOH: Sixteen individuals faced anxious moments when an express bus they were travelling in caught fire at KM242.3 of the North-South Expressway northbound.

Fire and Rescue Department operations commander Senior Fire Officer II Mohd Fawwaz Abdul Jamil said personnel and machinery from the Kuala Kangsar and Meru Raya Fire and Rescue Stations were deployed to the location after they received a call at 12.01am yesterday.

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