SHAH ALAM: A warehouse used to process and store rat poison in Bestari Jaya, Kuala Selangor, was damaged in a fire this morning.
Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director of operations Ahmad Mukhlis Mokhtar said the department was alerted of the fire at 4.14am and 40 firemen in seven fire engines rushed to the scene.
The firefighters, from the Bestari Jaya, Kuala Selangor, Batu Arang, Kapar, Klang Utara, Rawang and Sungai Besar fire and rescue stations, managed to control the fire at 5.39am and the operation was completed at 10.30am today, he said.
Ahmad Mukhlis said the fire damaged 80 per cent of the warehouse, which belonged to a palm oil manufacturing company, and no casualties were reported in the incident. – BERNAMA