Fire breaks out at Navy ship ammunition storage room in Sitiawan

(KD Laksamana Muhammad Amin in 2015. The warship was being repaired in Sitiawan, Perak when I fire broke out in its ammunition storage room. - filepic

IPOH: A small fire broke out in the ammunition storage room of the Navy ship KD Laksamana Muhammad Amin, which was being repaired at Kilang Gred One, Kampung Acheh, near Sitiawan, on Friday (June 9) morning.

Perak Fire and Rescue Department Operations Division assistant director Sabarodzi Nor Ahmad said firefighters from the Sitiawan and Manjung Fire and Rescue stations were dispatched to the scene after receiving a distress call at 10.03am.