PUTRAJAYA: A firefighter was jolted awake from much-needed sleep after returning from a search-and-rescue (SAR) operation for flood victims in Klang by his son’s screams as floodwaters started to enter the family home on Dec 18.
Recounting the anxious moment, Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department senior superintendent (operations) Ahmad Zaidi Safuan, 50, said he had never experienced any flooding incidents at his housing estate since he moved to the area 16 years ago.
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