KOTA TINGGI: The Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department has conducted 21 water-bombing sorties and dropped 33,000 litres of water to extinguish a peatland fire spanning nearly 100ha at Jalan Sungai Kapal, Taman Bayu Damai in Pengerang.
Its air division operations management branch head Mohd Ruzaidi Ramlee said the first phase of the operation on Wednesday (Jan 28) commenced at 12.30 pm, involving a total flight time of one hour and 42 minutes.
