Mock drill exercise tests government agencies’ response

As real as could be: Firemen, wearing oxygen masks to shield themselves from the pulverised fuel ash, rescuing the “injured” passengers at the wreckage.

A BLACK Suzuki Swift with four people “crashed” into the back of a tanker carrying pulverised fuel ash along the Ipoh-Sungai Siput Road in Kanthan, causing some of the waste product to spill onto the road.

In just 12 minutes, three motorcycles and a fire engine from the Fire and Rescue Department arrived at the scene, followed by a hazardous material truck and ambulance.