News about fire

PETALING JAYA (March 20): New private housing estates featuring fireproof shelters on each floor will hit the Hong Kong (pictured) market from the second half of this year as a means of protecting elderly and disabled residents who cannot flee the flames on time, reported the South China Morning Post.

PETALING JAYA (March 17): A fire that broke out at the Hospital Kuala Lumpur National’s Institute of Forensic Medicine (IPFN) building has been extinguished with medical services unaffected, reported several news agencies.

PETALING JAYA (March 10): Victoria will ban the use of flammable cladding material in its response to the tragic Grenfell Tower fire in London last year that claimed 71 lives, reported The Age.

PETALING JAYA (March 8): Melaka housing, local government and environment committee chairman Datuk Wira Ismail Othman has proposed for commercial buildings in the state be given a star-based fire safety rating system, The Star Online reported yesterday.

  PETALING JAYA (March 5): Country Garden Danga Bay Sdn Bhd, the developer of the Danga Bay mega-development in Johor, has said it will address or resolve complaints from buyers who allege safety and building quality issues in their new high-rise homes.

PUTRAJAYA (Feb 14): There is no foul play in the fire that broke out at the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) building in Jalan Gasing, Petaling Jaya yesterday, said Urban Well-being, Housing and Local Government Minister Tan Sri Noh Omar (pictured).

\KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 13): The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has reassured the public that its member and employer services have not been affected by the fire incident and that all transactions can be conducted as per normal at its other branches nationwide, or online via the iAkaun app.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 13): Sparks and plastic cladding are a lethal combination.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 13): There has been no compromise to data integrity or members savings in any manner following the fire at the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) Petaling Jaya office and branch today.

SEREMBAN (Feb 2): The Negeri Sembilan Fire and Rescue Department has revealed that 60 premises in the state were not issued with fire certificates last year, Bernama reported today.