News about fire

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 23): Seacera Group Bhd has bagged a RM202.

PETALING JAYA (Jan 10): Firefighters have early this morning retrieved the body of a Bangladeshi worker who was trapped beneath the rubble of a building under construction that had collapsed at Jalan Cochrane.

    PETALING JAYA (Nov 28): Starting next year, all houses will have to undergo mandatory checks on electrical wiring every 10 years, according to a Bernama report.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 17): Tropicana Corp Bhd (Tropicana) refuted claims that a fire that broke out earlier this week had affected 90% of their Tropicana Gardens construction site, saying only a “minimal area” was impacted.

PETALING JAYA (Nov 13): The fire at the mixed-use Tropicana Gardens construction site in Kota Damansara was contained within an hour of its breaking out at 2.

While Malaysia may have numerous laws and regulations with regards to fire safety in buildings, proper enforcement of these laws remains a question mark.

ANTHONY LEE TEE Architect Centre Sdn Bhd, accredited architect and trainer What are the chances of a fire incident occuring at a high-rise residential building compared with a mixed development (residences atop a commercial podium)? If poorly managed, all types of properties are at risk due to faulty fire protection and fire-fighting equipment, obstructions in staircases and defective fire doors, which render them unsafe.

Billions of ringgit go up in flames yearly.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 14): Malaysia’s fire safety laws are not outdated, as provisions under the Uniform Building By-Laws 1984 had been updated in 2012 to include new materials, construction methods and technologies to eliminate unnecessary requirements, said Fire and Rescue Department Malaysia Fire Safety Division assistant commissioner Hamdan Ali.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 6): A whopping 96.