JOHOR BAHRU: The Air Unit of the Fire and Rescue Department is expected to begin water bombing on Wednesday (Jan 28) to extinguish a peatland fire that has been burning across nearly 100 hectares since last Friday at Jalan Sungai Kapal, Taman Bayu Damai, in Pengerang.
Head of the department’s Air Division Operations Management Branch, Mohd Ruzaidi Ramle, said the MI-17-IV helicopter, with two pilots and 13 crew members, will depart from the Central Region Air Base, Subang, Selangor, for the 10am mission.
