Two firemen suffered from electric shock while putting out a blaze at a shophouse block in Petagas, Putatan, Sabah on Wednesday night (Jan 22).
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00:00Two firefighters suffered from electric shock while putting out a blaze at a shophouse block
00:11in Petagas, Putatan on Wednesday night. A spokesman for the Fire and Rescue Department
00:17said on Thursday that one of the injured firefighters was sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for further
00:22treatment while the other received on-site care from emergency responders. The department
00:28received a report about the fire at Jalan Pantai Berahi in the Taman Jambo area at 11.59pm.
00:35A team from the Putatan Fire Station was dispatched to the scene, with additional support from
00:40the Kota Kinabalu and Penampang Fire Stations. In total, 38 firefighters were involved in
00:47the operation, along with police officers and staff from Sabah Electricity. The fire,
00:53which destroyed one unit in a four-storey shophouse building, did not result in civilian
00:58injuries. The two firefighters injured by the electric shock were reported to be in
01:04stable condition. The fire was brought under control by 12.40am and the operation concluded
01:10at 1.40am.