JOHOR BARU: The soaring prices of steel and copper are causing thieves to target anything containing these metals, from electrical cables to manhole covers.
The situation has reached such an alarming state that in one incident on Friday, a fire broke out when thieves carted away metal fixtures from a Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) cable bridge in Jalan Skudai.
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