00:01A contract worker drowned after he was believed to have fallen into a five-metre deep water tank
00:06while carrying out maintenance work at the Kuala Lungat power plant on Sunday.
00:11Selangor Fire and Rescue Department, JBPM, said personnel from Banting, Port Klang and KLIA fire
00:19and rescue stations were deployed to the scene after a report was received at 7.29pm. A search
00:26operation was conducted in two pools at the power plant. The body of the 34-year-old local man
00:32was found at about 4am on Monday. According to a JBPM spokesperson, the victim was carrying out
00:40maintenance work with a colleague to replace wood at the cooling tower when the latter left to get
00:46more materials. When the colleague returned 15 minutes later, the victim was missing and believed
00:51to have fallen into the water tank. The case had been handed over to police for further investigation.
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