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Woman dies as apartment electrical switch box catches fire

KUALA LUMPUR: A woman died after an electrical switch box on the 14th floor of an apartment building in Petaling Jaya caught fire.

The Fire and Rescue Department, in a statement, said it received a distress call at 8.39am this morning.

"The fire was successfully extinguished. Three victims were involved.

"Firefighters rescued a 29-year-old male and a 24-year-old female, while one female victim, aged 31, was confirmed dead by the Health Ministry."

Twenty-one firefighters from the Damansara, Petaling Jaya, and Sungai Buloh stations, led by Senior Fire Officer II Hasnol Hadi Mohamed Roslan, were deployed to the scene.

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