Viral video shows excess gas burn-off, says Fire Dept


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 18 Apr 2019

KUANTAN: A viral video that purportedly shows a fire at the Alliance Steel factory in the Malaysia-China Kuantan Industrial Park is not what it appears to be.

Pahang Fire and Rescue Depart­ment director Nor Hisham Moham­mad said it was not a fire but the burning of excess gas at a coal coking plant block.

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