4 suffer burns after boiler explodes at Selangor palm oil mill
The boiler room at the palm oil mill after the explosion this morning. (JBPM pic)
PETALING JAYA : Four foreign workers suffered burns after a boiler exploded at a palm oil mill in Tanjong Karang, Selangor, this morning.
Selangor fire and rescue department assistant director Ahmad Mukhlis Mokhtar said the Bestari Jaya station received a distress call at 8.55am and dispatched personnel to the scene.
The fire, which had resulted from the explosion when the workers were heating water in the steam boiler, was already extinguished by the time the team arrived.
'The four victims comprise one Indian national, two Nepali nationals and one Bangladeshi, all aged between 20 and 30.
'All the victims suffered burns on their legs and were taken to Tanjung Karang Hospital by the public before the fire department arrived at the scene,' Mukhlis said in a statement.
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