Putra Heights inferno victim: My SUV about 150m from ground zero survives

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Doctor Muhammad Azam Mokhtar whose family of four and their maid live just hundreds of metres away from ground zero of the gas pipeline explosion site in Putra Heights is grateful that his Volvo sports utility vehicle has survived the inferno with partial melting and damage.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Tell us a little bit about how and when do you retrieve your car?

00:06We just retrieve it, right?

00:09If you're staying 150 meters from the explosion, this is the damage from the car.

00:14But other cars are much worse, inside there all burn.

00:17Until there is no more, until metal only.

00:31It's managed to turn on and luckily the interior is still okay.

00:37The engine, all that.

00:39But I'm afraid I have to send it to the service center to have a full check-up.

00:43Because we're afraid the exposed wire, all metal, melted, right?

00:47But definitely the camera all gone.

00:50This car from the scene of ground zero is like 150 meters.

00:54About 100 meters only from inside.

00:56150 meters like that, I parked it in front of my house.

01:00And during the explosion, I managed to take my other car.

01:04Just parked behind my neighbor's house.

01:07So it was left there until finish all the burn out of the explosion.

01:13Any members in your family injured?

01:15My kid, my baby, 4 years old.

01:18Got a lot of scratches and a little bit of infection of the leg.

01:22And after I take my car, I went back, they're already gone, run away.

01:26Because we were running from the fire.

01:28It's very hot, cannot stand it.

01:30Running through the bushes and some mud and some longkang also.

01:35Because there's no escape route.

01:37So we just ran through whatever ways that we can find.

01:41I ran with my eldest daughter and our maid ran with the youngest one.

01:46We got separated for about 30 to maybe 1 hour.

01:50Found them on Elite Highway.

01:52Our house suffered some broken mirrors, windows, air-con.

01:57But I think we still can fix it.

02:00We're already living there since when?

02:032011?

02:06So for a long time already.

02:09So don't know why this thing can happen.

02:20For more information visit www.fema.gov

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