PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) is studying the best practices used at international level in the management and safety of gas pipelines in the country to improve the existing system.
"We will propose or make comparisons of the best practices implemented worldwide (regarding the management of gas pipelines) for us to make suggestions to Petronas," said department director-general Datuk Nor Hisham Mohammad after a handover ceremony for a letter of acceptance for tender to CLW Special Automobile here on Friday (April 11).
Nor Hisham also said five officers are still on duty to obtain data from the gas pipeline fire site in Putra Heights, Subang Jaya.
"We are still investigating and need about two weeks to compile the preliminary data we have," he said.
He added that they were collaborating with other technical agencies such as the Occupational Safety and Health Department (DOSH) over the incident.
The gas pipeline fire, which occurred at 8.10am on April 1, sent flames soaring over 30m high, with temperatures reaching up to 1,000°C. It took nearly eight hours to fully extinguished the fire.
