PETALING JAYA: Three out of nine maintenance workers injured in the electronic billboard fire incident at Kilometre 33.8 of the Federal Highway here are still receiving treatment at Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC).
Petaling Jaya deputy police chief Superintendent M Hussin Sollehuddin Zolkifly said the other six victims were treated as outpatients and have been discharged.
"Investigations revealed that at the time of the fire, nine foreign workers were conducting maintenance work on the electronic billboard.
"All the victims, aged between 24 and 40, sustained injuries and were referred to UMMC. A worker's motorcycle was also burned," he said in a statement today.
He added that the cause of the incident is still under investigation by the fire department.
Earlier, it was reported that three Indonesian workers were injured while six others escaped unharmed after the billboard they were working on along the Federal Highway caught fire.
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The Selangor Fire and Rescue Department said it received a report on the incident at KM 33.8 Federal Highway near Sekolah Menengah Jenis Kebangsaan Katholik here at 1.15pm.
It said a 17-member team from the Petaling Jaya, Jalan Penchala, Subang Jaya and Subang Jaya fire and rescue stations were dispatched to the scene.