SHAH ALAM, Jan 23 — A foreign worker involved in a fire at a gas storage facility in Klang late Monday (January 20) night succumbed to his injuries at 6.32pm on Tuesday (January 21).
Klang Utara police chief S. Vijaya Rao said the victim sustained third-degree burns and was pronounced dead at the Tunku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang.
“The incident occurred with six men present at the premises. Three, including the deceased, were injured, while the other three escaped unharmed,” he said in a statement yesterday.
Preliminary investigations suggest that the fire was caused by liquefied petroleum gas cylinders stored in the factory compound.
"Losses are estimated at RM5 million, and further investigations are being conducted by the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department's forensic team," Vijaya Rao added.
On Tuesday, Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant operations director Ahmad Mukhlis Mokhtar said a gas storage facility was destroyed in the fire, which also spread to two other buildings in an industrial park in Klang late Monday night.
— Bernama
