Hexane barrels explode during factory fire


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

The Selangor Fire and Rescue Department deployed eight fire engines and 54 men to battle the blaze, which is believed to have started at the production floor where barrels of the highly flammable chemical hexane UN1208 were stored.

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