Putra Heights inferno: Final checks underway at gas explosion site


SUBANG JAYA: Final checks are underway at the gas explosion site on Jalan Putra Harmoni, Putra Heights, according to the Fire and Rescue Department.

“We are currently doing our compilation. Then the matter will be discussed at around 4pm,” said director-general Datuk Nor Hisham Mohammad when contacted.

He added that personnel from outside the area have been deployed to the scene.

“They are from Melaka, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Negri Sembilan, and the headquarters. They are from the fire investigation unit,” he said, adding that around 25 officers were brought in.

He also said that the results of today's checks would be discussed with the State Disaster Management Committee (JPBN) first.

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Prior to this, the authorities had said that the focus of the sixth day of operations at the site of the Putra Heights gas fire is to drain the rainwater that has accumulated in the crater caused by the explosion.

Subang Jaya police chief ACP Wan Azlan Wan Mamat said the draining is critical to enabling safety assessment work to resume.

"This morning, our focus remains on the fire crater as there is still a large volume of water that needs to be pumped out before we can proceed with the usual safety evaluations,” he told Bernama on Sunday (April 6).

Meanwhile, Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan is expected to hold a press conference at 4pm on Sunday at the site command post in Putra Heights, Subang Jaya.

 

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