Using tube wells to put out peat fires


Firefighters dousing a fire in Kuala Baram. located 25km north of Miri city.

MIRI: The state authorities are using tube wells to douse underground fires.

Miri Fire and Rescue Department chief Supt Law Poh Kiong said the Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID) had opened up numerous tube wells to draw water.

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