An early morning landslide in Kuala Terla near Cameron Highlands prompted the authorites to issue an immediate evacuation notice to 25 occupants of four houses.
According to a news report by Bernama, the incident happened at 1.15am on Tuesday after the slope behind the houses suddenly gave way. As a result, the landslide almost trapped a 70-year-old woman and her five grandchildren.
Cameron Highlands Fire and Rescue Station chief Muhammad Haziq Hazmi told Bernama that the fire and rescue team managed to help them out of their house.
Muhamma Haziq added that the occupants of the other houses managed to get out in time to escape the landslide.
“We found six people in one house while the three other houses were empty. No one was injured,” he was quoted as saying.
The cause of the landslide is still unknown, but residents suspect that an overflow of water from a water tank on top of the hill might have triggered it.
