KUALA LUMPUR: Five incidents involving falling trees were reported at several locations in Selangor on Wednesday (Oct 28), affecting six vehicles, although no casualties were reported.
Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director of operations Ashrul Riezal Asbar said the first incident occurred at Jalan MR 1/6, Rawang, at 4.40pm, when a tree belonging to the Selayang Municipal Council fell onto three vehicles.
"The vehicles involved were a Hyundai Santa Fe, Proton Iriz and Perodua Axia. A team from the Batu Arang Fire and Rescue Station arrived at 4.54 pm, with four personnel and a Fire Rescue Tender (FRT) deployed,” he said in a statement today.
The second incident occurred at 5.05pm at the Education Quarters in Persiaran Indera Wawasan, Pusat Bandar Puchong, when a tree fell onto a Toyota Vios.
A team from the Puchong Fire and Rescue Station arrived at 5.14pm. The operation was brought under control at 5.16pm and concluded a minute later, with seven personnel involved.
Meanwhile, the third incident was posted by a member of the public on the Threads platform, believed to have occurred around 5.10pm along the Kerinchi Link Expressway, from Bangsar towards Bukit Damansara.
The post by Threads user @rmasyraf showed the fallen tree on the road and rescue personnel at the scene.
However, further details of the incident, including the number of vehicles affected, could not be obtained as the Kuala Lumpur Fire and Rescue Department did not receive any official report.
Ashrul Riezal said two more incidents were reported in the evening. At 6.44pm, a tree branch fell onto a Honda CR-V at Jalan DM 3/7, Taman Desa Rawang, while at 6.49pm, a tree fell onto a Proton Saga at Akasia Apartment, Jalan Wawasan 2/3, Puchong.
"For the incident in Taman Desa Rawang, a team from the Rawang Fire and Rescue Station arrived at 6.55pm, with eight personnel, an FRT and an Emergency Medical Rescue Services (EMRS) vehicle deployed.
"For the incident at Akasia Apartment, a team from the Puchong Fire and Rescue Station arrived at 6.55 pm, with seven personnel and an FRT deployed. Both reports stated that there were no casualties, but the times when the operations were brought under control and concluded were not specified,” he said. – Bernama
