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RapidKL Bus Catches Fire Out Of Nowhere Along The Road In PJ

Luckily, no casualties were reported.

A RapidKL bus burst into flames and became a raging inferno all of a sudden while it was still moving along a road in Petaling Jaya this morning.

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According to Harian Metro, the incident took place at Jalan SS25/23 Kampung Chempaka and shocked many passersby.

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Chief of Operations Movement Center of the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) in Selangor Zulfikar Jaffar said they received a call regarding the incident at 6.46am.

A team from the Damansara Fire and Rescue Station, consisting of six members led by Operation Commander Hasnol Hadi Mohamed Roslan, immediately rushed to the location.

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“The fire involved a RapidKL bus without any passengers and was driven by a man in his 40s on the way to the Damansara Puchong Highway (LDP) exit ramp.

Rapidkl bus catches fire out of nowhere along the road in pj | weirdkaya
Photo via FB/ Sin Chew Daily

“The driver managed to escape and did not suffer any injuries,” he said in a statement today.

Zulfikar said firefighters successfully brought the fire under control at 7.05am and completely extinguished it at 7.18am.

He added that the bus was 90% destroyed and authorities are currently looking to uncover the cause of the blaze.

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