Selangor police gave an update on the conditions of the victims of the Putra Heights gas pipeline fire on Tuesday (April 1) morning.
Out of 100 victims admitted to hospitals, 12 are being treated in red zone, 50 in yellow zone and 38 in green zone with light injuries. 87 out of 235 houses were totally damaged and a total of 225 vehicles were burnt.
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Out of 100 victims admitted to hospitals, 12 are being treated in red zone, 50 in yellow zone and 38 in green zone with light injuries. 87 out of 235 houses were totally damaged and a total of 225 vehicles were burnt.
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00:00The victims have been placed temporarily in two PPSs that have been opened.
00:13These are Masjid Putra Haid and Dewan Kamelia.
00:18Meanwhile, the victims who have been treated by the KKM
00:24are referred to the hospital as 100 people.
00:29They have been placed in Sedang Hospital, Putrajaya, Cyberjaya,
00:35and HKL, Sungai Buloh Hospital, and a few private hospitals.
00:42Of the 100 victims, 12 of them are in the Red Zone,
00:5050 are in the Yellow Zone,
01:00and 38 are in the Green Zone.
01:05Meanwhile, 33 have been discharged and are in other hospitals.
01:11This is related to the victims.
01:13As for real estate, 235 houses have been damaged.
01:2087 houses have been damaged.
01:26148 have been damaged.
01:32As for vehicles, 225 have been burned.
01:40174 vehicles have been damaged.
01:46There are 20 agencies involved in this investigation.
01:51224 of them are police, APM, TNB, KKM, and local authorities.
02:07In the past 6.5 hours, we have allowed some of them to go home,
02:15to houses that are not damaged,
02:18to take valuables, medicines, and important cards such as identification cards.
02:26This is still ongoing.
02:29We have allowed some of them to go home,
02:34to take valuables.
02:37But at this time, no one will be able to go home.
02:41At this time, up until 3.50pm, the fire brigade has confirmed that the fire has been extinguished.
02:51But the structure of the house and the damage to the TNB cables,
02:59the water supply, are still damaged.
03:02No electricity has been supplied at this time.
03:06Therefore, no one is allowed to stay overnight in any of the damaged houses.
03:12Starting tomorrow morning, the TNB and JKR will conduct an inspection from house to house
03:20to ensure the level of damage,
03:24which house can be allowed to go home,
03:27or which cannot be allowed to go home.
03:29So far, there has been no report of theft.
03:31The police can guarantee that we have placed all the cables that enter this area
03:37in the possession of police officers.
03:39So, as of now, there has been no report of theft.
03:50For more information, visit www.fema.gov