Putra Heights inferno: Residents in shock, six victims hospitalised

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The massive fire in Putra Heights on Tuesday (April 1) left many residents living in the affected area in shock. Six people have been warded at the Cyberjaya and Serdang hospitals for treatment.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/p4m4dc47   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The massive fire in Putra Heights on Tuesday left many residents living in the affected

00:07area in shock.

00:08It's a surreal experience, you know, it's still Raya and my mum was supposed to go to

00:14Perak today.

00:15Now it got delayed because of the fire.

00:16I think around 8am I got woken up by my mum to, you know, some explosion because I woke

00:25up and then I opened the door, everyone was running out and, you know, in panic I had

00:31to get my mum out first.

00:32And then I actually left this cat.

00:35But then I had the opportunity to come back thanks to the fire force and now I'm waiting

00:41for my brother-in-law to pick me up.

00:42Actually I was from the grave and then my brother, I was on the way back home and then

00:48my brother called me.

00:49He said that the house was on fire.

00:50So I was like, I went straight home and saw that it was really bad.

00:51From the highway I could see the flames.

01:00The fire which broke out at 8.10am at Jalan Putra Harmony involved a leak in a gas pipeline,

01:06approximately 500 metres long.

01:10Victims suffering from minor injuries were taken to the Sri Maha Kalyaman Temple in Subang

01:14Jaya to receive treatment from health ministry personnel.

01:18The Fire and Rescue Department reported that six people have been hospitalised at Cyber

01:23Jaya and Serdang hospitals for treatment.

01:26Meanwhile, Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Sri Amiruddin Shari announced that the Selangor

01:31Disaster Unit had opened a temporary evacuation centre and is working with the Fire and Rescue

01:37Department to assist the victims.

01:40Amiruddin said the State Health Department is on standby to transport the victims to

01:45nearby hospitals for treatment.

01:47Firefighters are still battling the fire due to lingering gas remnant.

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