KUALA LUMPUR: The fire at Top Glove Corp Berhad's factory in Lukut, Negri Sembilan on March 30 caused minimal impact with only one per cent of the group's capacity affected thus far.
In a statement today, the glove manufacturer said the fire occurred at Block A of its Factory 27 at 5pm and was brought under control within an hour. There were no casualties reported, it said.
"Other than a section of Block A, all other areas of the factory were not affected and Block B is still running as usual," Top Glove said.
The group said orders from the production lines in Block A of Factory 27 had been diverted to Block B and another Top Glove factory in Klang, Selangor.
"In the meantime, the Fire and Rescue Services Department has given the site the all clear and the necessary cleaning, repair and restoration work at Block A is currently underway," it said.
Top Glove has a total of 50 factories, of which 43 factories are in Malaysia, Thailand has five, China (one) and Vietnam (one), with 100 billion pieces of glove production capacity per annum. — Bernama