Helping firefighters at the palm processing plant

A palm processing machine at a palm plant owned by the Hajj Tabung Board, Building Road here, burned down this afternoon.

According to the Operations Movement Centre (PGO) of Bomb and Rescue Department of Malaysia (JBPM) Sarawak, it received a call regarding the incident at 12.11 pm.

"Firefighters from the Bombing and Rescue Department (BBP) arrived at the scene at 12.32 pm and found a fire involving a palm processing machine.

"The fires were extinguished by factory workers before the arrival of the firefighters using a water stream from a pressurized pump.

Firefighters then conducted inspections and monitoring to ensure that no further sources of fire or flames did not spread to the surrounding area.

The operation was declared under control at 12:43 p.m. and fully completed by 1:20 p.m. after the condition was confirmed to be safe.

A total of eight bombers with a Fire Rescue Tender (FRT), an Emergency Medical Rescue Services (EMRS) and a Hilux vehicle were involved in the operation.

No casualties were reported in the incident.