Fire incident at Evergreen Fibreboard unit in Johor


KUALA LUMPUR: Evergreen Fibreboard Bhd has announced a fire incident involving a wood storage bin of its subsidiary Evergreen Fibreboard (JB) Sdn Bhd in Segamat, Johor.

In a bourse filing, it said the incident accurred at about 7am on Dec 11.

"The cause of the fire is still being investigated by the fire brigade's forensic department.

"Based on the Management's initial assessment, the damages are not material as the fire only affected a section of EJB's wood pellet production line," it said.

However, it added there were injuries during the fire-fighting process that resulted in two casualties.

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