Firecracker safety urged this festive season, says fire dept


GEORGE TOWN: This Chinese New Year, you may set off firecrackers and fireworks but be mindful of dry patches of grass which could easily ignite and cause a fire.

State Fire and Rescue Department operations assistant director Khairy Sulaiman said the two fires at Chinese cemetery grounds in Batu Lanchang and Batu Gantong earlier this month is cause for concern.

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