Mercury spill at school


BUKIT MERTAJAM: A mercury spill at a secondary school here led to a four-hour operation by the Fire and Rescue Department which saw 56 students quarantined.

Firemen and officers from the department rushed to SMK Guar Perahu upon receiving a report of the spillage in one of the blocks at the school.

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