Kota Tinggi peat fire: Bomba to deploy water bombing


KOTA TINGGI: A Fire and Rescue Department helicopter is expected to carry out water bombing operations on Tuesday (Jan 27) to extinguish a 12.14ha peatland fire along Jalan Sungai Kapal, Taman Bayu Damai, here.

Johor education and information committee chairman Aznan Tamin said the state Fire and Rescue Department has requested helicopter assistance from the Central Region Air Base in Subang, Selangor, with the aircraft expected to arrive Tuesday.

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