20171009 Hostel Rooms At Tahfiz Centre In Rantau Panjang, Klang, Destroyed In Fire
Malaysia Oct 09 2017 “Houses”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : 1 to 29 Injured : injured 0 or unknown
Hostel Rooms At Tahfiz Centre In Rantau Panjang, Klang, Destroyed In Fire
Updated: 2017-10-09
KLANG, Oct 9 (Bernama) — A four-room hostel of the Nur Al-Quran Tahfiz Centre in Rantau Panjang, Kapar here was destroyed in a fire today.
Sungai Pinang Fire and Rescue Station head Zaidi Ahtan said the fire, which broke out on the upper floor of the two-story building occupied by the centre, did not involve any casualties as all the students were downstairs when the incident occurred.
“The 25 students and two teachers who were staying at the hostel were attending classes on the ground floor when the fire broke out,” he said when met at the scene.
He said the station received a distress call at about 2.45 pm and arrived at the location about five minutes later.
Firemen managed to prevent the fire from spreading to the other floor at the building and took about 20 minutes to douse the flame, he said, adding that the fire was believed to have started from the centre room of the hostel…..
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