GEORGE TOWN: Firefighters are struggling to place out a hearth that has razed about 1.2ha of the Batu Lanchang Chinese cemetery in Penang on Sunday (Jan 16).
The hearth additionally prompted Seri Delima assemblyman Syerleena Abdul Rashid to advise residents residing close to the cemetery to take precautions.
“Fire occurring in Batu Lanchang cemetery. Bomba has been notified and is presently making an attempt their greatest to place out the fireplace. Meanwhile, to these residing shut by, please shut all home windows and doorways,” she stated in a Facebook put up.
A state Fire and Rescue Department spokesperson stated the division acquired a misery name at about 2.20pm and a complete of 16 firefighters have been deployed to the scene.
“The firemen have been battling the fireplace at the cemetery since 2.30pm,” he stated, including that the firemen have been from Paya Terubong and Jalan Perak hearth stations.
This just isn’t the primary time the cemetery has caught hearth.
In 2017, about 0.4ha of the cemetery floor was burned and in 2021, hearth razed the cemetery at about the identical spot.
