Businessman dies from boiling water explosion in Ulu Tiram


The scene at the mushroom cultivation centre following the gas explosion.

JOHOR BARU: A 52-year-old businessman died from a gas explosion while trying to boil water to steam his mushrooms in Ulu Tiram here.

Seri Alam acting OCPD Deputy Supt Shahrulanuar Mushaddat Abdullah Sani said the victim, Ong Kim Hin, who owns a mushroom cultivation centre at a mall, was with an employee when the incident took place at around 11.40am on Tuesday (Dec 15).

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