Over 100 people were injured after a oil pipeline blast caused a huge fire near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Tuesday.
According to The Associated Press, Petronas, a federal oil firm, confirmed that the large fireplace in Malaysia was caused by one of the company’s oil refineries at about 8: 10 a. m. on Tuesday. The outlet noted that the company confirmed the network accountable for the destructive fire was afterward isolated by authorities. Disaster management officials even noted that the flames would later be suppressed by shutting off the gas valve.
The Associated Press reported that the lights from the fire reached 20 stories substantial on Tuesday before firefighters were able to begin suppressing the flames.
According to The Strait Times, Selangor fire officials confirmed that over 100 people were injured in Tuesday’s fire. Selangor Deputy Police Chief Mohamad Zaini Abu Hassan said approximately 60 of the people injured in Tuesday’s flames were hospitalized, according to the store. Sarawak fire officials also confirmed that the fire damaged 190 homes and 148 vehicles in the community.
The Strait Times reported that firefighters were able to extinguish the fire at 3: 45 p. m. on Tuesday and were working to extinguish fires that spread to surrounding houses in the community.
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The Straits Times reported that some people in Puchong, which is located near the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia’s Selangor position, were celebrating the Muslim holiday of Hari Raya Aidilfitri on Tuesday and were forced to evacuate from the place.
Nizam Mohamad Asnizam, a Malay resident who lived close to the fire, said,” When I woke up, I saw the flames screaming, with an unusual sound. I have not experienced a fire with this kind of noise. The noise was terrifying. It felt like a jet motor was next to me”.
” Stepping on the floor was like stepping on a warm wok”, the Malaysian resident added. ” The temperature was like putting your head in an oven. It felt like I was burning”.
A videos shared on YouTube shows the tremendous fire caused by the fuel tube explosion in Malaysia on Tuesday.
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