A fire broke out on the ninth floor of the new specialist and daily treatment wing of the Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL), prompting the evacuation of patients and staff.
Head of the City Fire and Rescue Department operations centre Samsol Maarif Saibani said the department received a distress call on the fire at 12.40pm yesterday.
“We arrived at about 12.50pm. At that time the fire was already put out by building maintenance personnel but smoke was able to spread to the eighth floor through the centralised air conditioning system,” he said, adding that there were no casualties.
He said the fire was believed to have started on ninth floor of the Air Handling Unit (AHU) control room.
He added that the fire was believed to have started from the 9th floor of the Air Handling Unit (AHU) control room.
“Although the cause of the fire is still under investigation, we believe that it was caused by an electrical overload on a panel that controlled the air-conditioning system for the two operating theatres on the eighth floor,” he told members of the press.
Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam, who visited the site, said as a safety measure, all patients and personnel would be moved from the block.
“For the time being, all activities have also been stopped until the Fire and Rescue Department can certify that the building is safe,” he told reporters.
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Source: The Star Online
