House of three instructed to evacuate due to landslide in Kuantan


KUANTAN: Three residents of a semi-detached house in Kampung Aur Gading, Luit, Maran near here were instructed to temporarily move after a landslide.

The Pahang Fire and Rescue Department said they received a report about the emergency at 11.37 am from the house owner and they were instructed to vacate the residence and evacuate to the Kampung Luit relief centre.

“Firefighters arrived and conducted an inspection and found the distance between the house and the landslide to be less than three metres with the slope being about five metres high.

“There were two adult males and a woman in the house who escaped injury,” the department said in a statement on Tuesday (Dec 11).

The report on the landslide has also been sent to the Public Works Department and the police for further action, it added. - Bernama

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