Trailer fire in Genting Sempah causes 11km crawl


  • Nation
  • Friday, 01 Feb 2019

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Traffic heading to the East Coast is reported to be congested, moving at snail's pace stretching 11km after a trailer caught fire in Genting Sempah Tunnel at about 1.37am.

A Malaysian Highway Authority (MHA) spokesman said, following the incident, MHA opened a contraflow lane at KM36.9 west bound to KM38.2 before the tunnel from 8.24 am to 9.06 am for works to remove the trailer.

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