Wednesday May 28, 2008 MYT 4:51:40 PM
Five foreign workers killed in factory blaze
By KULDEEP S. JESSY
PETALING JAYA: Five foreign workers were burnt to death after being trapped in a furniture factory during a pre-dawn fire in Subang Permai here.
The four Bangladeshis and a Myanmar were believed to have been fast asleep on the first floor of the three-storey building when the fire broke out at about 2am Wednesday.
Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Arjunaidi Mohamed said the foreigners, aged between 20 and 30, were unable to escape as the fire spread quickly.
Their charred remains were sent to the University Malaya Medical Centre for post-mortem.
Selangor Fire and Rescue Department (operations division) Supt Ramli Yusoff said 43 firemen and two officers in five engines from the Bukit Jelutong, Shah Alam, Subang Jaya and Port Klang stations went to the scene at about 2.18am.
He said the firemen took about an hour to put out the blaze. The first body was recovered at about 4.30am.
Supt Ramli said initial investigations showed that the fire started from the first floor, which was the workers’ hostel.
He said 17 foreign workers stayed at the hotel, adding that 12 others managed to escape without any injuries.
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