Cause of Mid Valley fire believed to be overheated cooling oil, says Bomba


KUALA LUMPUR: The fire at the main power substation at Mid Valley City here is believed to have occurred after oil meant to cool the electrical transformer overheated and ignited.

City Fire and Rescue Department assistant director (operations) M Fatta M Amin said that based on initial checks, there were 12,400 litres of cooling oil used to cool the transformer.

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