Fireman hurt after falling into drain while battling blaze at JB apartment


JOHOR BARU: A 30-year-old fireman was injured afrer falling into a 1.2m (4ft)-deep drain while fighting a fire at an apartment in Permas Jaya here on Friday (May 15) morning.

Johor Jaya fire station operations commander M. Haridas said the department received an emergency call at 7.07am saying a fire had broken out at a fifth-floor unit of the apartments along Jalan Permas 7.

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