KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 — Firefighters are battling a forest fire on a hillside near the Putrajaya Toll Plaza along the Kuala Lumpur-Putrajaya Expressway (MEX) this evening.
Selangor Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) Operations assistant director Ahmad Mukhlis Mokhtar said a team of 21 personnel from the Seri Kembangan Fire and Rescue Station, assisted by the Cyberjaya station, was deployed after an emergency call was received at 4.12pm.
He said that operations commander Senior Fire Officer II Mohd Fadlee Kamaruddin reported that the fire involved a hillside forest area estimated at about 0.8 hectares.
“Firefighting efforts are being carried out using two 200-foot (60-metre) hose lines with engine pumps and firebeaters. No casualties or structures were involved,” Mukhlis said in a statement tonight.
Meanwhile, Fadlee said that swift action by firefighters had contained the blaze, preventing it from spreading further, particularly into nearby residential areas.
