Bomba: Almost 50pc of Kuala Langat forest fire put out, culprits identified to be intruders
Tuesday, 03 Mar 2020 06:44 PM MYTFirefighters battle with peat land fire at Kuala Langat March 3, 2020. — Picture by Miera Zulyana
“An estimated 51.1 per cent of the fires are currently undergoing the process of extinguishing, with cooperation from the Maritime Enforcement Agency the Civil Defence Force, the Kuala Langat Municipal Council, the Selangor Disaster Management Unit, and others,” he said during a press conference near the site of the fire.
“The department has taken several steps to augment its efforts, including direct-effect extinguishing, reactivating the tube vents, reactivating six wells to channel water to the affected areas, as well as total probing,” he said. “It also appears the fire may have begun earlier than was initially reported to us, having gone on for at least five days before February 28.
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