30 hectares of forest area on fire in Kuantan

KUANTAN: About 30 hectares of forest in the Inderapura Agricultural Department area here caught fire on Friday (March 29) due to the hot spell.

A Pahang Fire and Rescue Department spokesman said personnel from the Taman Tas Fire and Rescue Station, with assistance from the Maran and Peramu fire stations, arrived at the scene at 9.08 am to extinguish the peat soil forest fire.

When contacted, the spokesman said, "An estimated 30 hectares of the area are ablaze, and, so far, 20 hectares of fire have been extinguished.”

He added that, as of 10 pm, the operation to douse the fire in the remaining 10 hectares of the area is still ongoing to prevent the blaze from spreading to other areas. – Bernama