Laid to waste: Beyond the green ‘lalang’ are tracts of scorched land ravaged by peat fire in the southern part of the Kuala Langat Forest Reserve. — GRACE CHEN/The Star
Studies show most fires in Selangor caused by cigarette butt, open burning by hunters and farmers
While they were trying to coax a portable water pump to work, Kuala Langat Municipal Council (MPKL) Squad Pantas unit head Mazlan Abdul Manap heard a crackling sound just metres from where they were standing.
Uh-oh! Daily quota reached.
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