Security buried alive in guard post after landslide in Kuala Lumpur
KUALA LUMPUR – A security guard died after being buried alive in his guard post after a landslide near Taman Seputeh in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.
The City Fire and Rescue Department operations control centre said it was alerted to the landslide at 12.54am.“We immediately dispatched fire engines, rapid intervention motorcycles, and other assets together with K-9 units and 37 personnel members to the scene.” Operations commander Mohd Rizuan Razali said the first rescue unit arrived at the scene at 1.05am and found that a landslide had occurred and buried a security post.
“The affected area spanned at least six metres by 12 metres with a depth of three metres. We also received information that an adult male security guard was buried under the soil,” he added. THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
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