Explosion rocks Bukit Jalil as chemical factory burns


An explosion rocked a factory after a short curcuit caused highly flamable chemicals to combust in the building.

CHERAS: An explosion rocked Bukit Jalil as fire razed a chemical factory in the Bandar Kinrara Industrial Park, Tuesday.

The Selangor Fire and Rescue Department deployed eight fire trucks and 54 men to battle the blaze, which is believed to have sparked from the factory's production floor where barrels of highly flammable chemical Hexane UN1208 was stored.

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