PUTRAJAYA: The number of calls for open fire cases in four states, namely Perak, Selangor, Johor, and Sarawak, has seen a sharp increase, exceeding 100 calls per day last week, according to the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department.
In a press conference after the department's monthly assembly here on Monday (July 29), its director-general Datuk Nor Hisham Mohammad said the number of daily calls concerning open burning surpassed 100 cases on July 25 and 26, reaching 249 calls on Saturday and 244 on Sunday.
