SUDDENLY a green rescue truck whizzed past, nearly crashing into the fallen building,” former director-general of the Fire and Rescue Department Datuk Dr Soh Chai Hock says, recalling the chaos that erupted after the collapse of the Highland Towers more than 20 years ago.
“Everyone had rushed to the site and there was a lot of confusion. There was no one in charge and no coordination between the different search and rescue teams.
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