Fire Dept personnel share tales of harrowing moments at ground zero


KUALA LUMPUR: "We had to be careful with every step. The ground here is very soft. One wrong step and we could have been pulled in."

These were the words which aptly described the anxious moments the Fire and Rescue Department's technical team faced when investigating the area around the crater formed by the gas pipeline explosion in Putra Heights, Subang Jaya, Selangor on Tuesday (April 1).

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