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Daily Express
6 days ago
- Automotive
- Daily Express
Crash: River cut off to contain oil spill
Published on: Friday, July 25, 2025 Published on: Fri, Jul 25, 2025 By: Azmie Lim Text Size: The tanker lorry landed on its side after the accident. LAHAD DATU: A 39-year-old man was injured after his tanker was involved in an accident at Jalan Sabahan along Jalan Lahad Datu-Tawau, here, Thursday. District Fire and Rescue Chief Sumsoa Rashid said his department received a distress call on the incident at 9.03am. A team of Fire and Rescue personnel was deployed to the scene in two fire engines and an EMRS vehicle. 'Upon arrival, the team reported that a tanker loaded with 10,000 litres of petrol was involved in an accident. 'The driver who was conscious and injured was on the road shoulder and given initial treatment before being handed over to the Ministry of Health for further action,' he said. According to Sumsoa, the accident resulted in leaking and spillage of petrol on the tanker. The team carried out zoning at the location, about 100 feet from the tanker, as well as foam spray of the entire tanker. The spilled petrol had flowed towards a nearby pond and the team contacted the tanker's company for further action. The operation was assisted by two heavy machines - a backhoe and an excavator - from the Pan Borneo contractor. The heavy machinery closed the small river to control the spill and stabilised the tanker to avoid continuous petrol spillage. The team handed over the operation to the tanker's company after the situation at the location was under control and called off the operation. * Follow us on our official WhatsApp channel and Telegram for breaking news alerts and key updates! * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
New Straits Times
7 days ago
- New Straits Times
Married couple found burnt in bathroom after house fire
KOTA BELUD: A married couple was found burnt to death in a house fire that broke out in Kampung Sangkir early this morning. The victims, Mamat @ Jamrin Sinti and his wife, Noorijah Rashid, both aged 47, were discovered in the bathroom of the property. District Fire and Rescue station chief Elge Bakuk said an emergency call was received at 2.52am. A team of 10 personnel, along with a fire engine and an Emergency Medical Rescue Services (EMRS) unit, was dispatched to the scene to carry out firefighting operations. "Upon arrival, the fire had fully engulfed a single-storey permanent structure. A Proton Saga parked nearby was also destroyed in the blaze. "After the fire was brought under control at 3.22am, two victims were found burnt in the bathroom," he said when contacted today. He added that the operation used one hose line and two jets, with water sourced from the fire engine. "The victims' remains were handed over to the police for further action. Once it was confirmed that there were no other hazards at the site, the operation concluded at 4.55am," he said. Meanwhile, district police chief Superintendent Shahrudin Mat Husain said the couple's remains were taken to the Forensic Unit of Kota Belud Hospital for a post-mortem examination. "The man worked as a rubber tapper. The cause of the fire is still under investigation by the Fire and Rescue Department," he said.
Daily Express
19-07-2025
- General
- Daily Express
Four homes affected in Kampung Panji blaze
Published on: Saturday, July 19, 2025 Published on: Sat, Jul 19, 2025 By: Azmie Lim Text Size: Firefighters putting the fire out. LAHAD DATU: A wooden house was destroyed while three others were damaged in a fire at Kampung Panji, here, on Friday. District Fire and Rescue Station chief, Sumsoa Rashid said, his department received a distress call following the incident at 11.57am. Advertisement A team of firefighters was deployed to the scene in two fire machineries and EMRS vehicle. Police, SESB, Water Department and Civil Defense Force were also on the scene. 'Upon arrival, the team reported that four houses were involved in fire. One of the houses was completely destroyed, two others suffered 20 per cent damage while another house suffered five per cent damage. 'The team carried out the operation to extinguish the fire using two streams with three sprouts and managed to put the fire under control at 12.32pm,' he said. According to Sumsoa, no casualty reported in the incident. He said the operation ended at 1.44pm after the team made sure there was no other danger at the scene. The cause of fire as well as losses are under investigation. * Follow us on our official WhatsApp channel and Telegram for breaking news alerts and key updates! * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
New Straits Times
14-07-2025
- New Straits Times
Lorry hits motorcycle, elderly man escapes with minor injuries
JITRA: An elderly man survived a narrow brush with death after his motorcycle was involved in a collision with a lorry at a junction in Jalan Pekan Jitra earlier today (July 14). The 76-year-old man sustained minor injuries when his Honda EX5 collided with a lorry near a bank at the traffic intersection. Jitra Fire and Rescue Department chief Noor Azhar Tajudin said they received a distress call regarding the incident at 9.13am. "A team of eight personnel, along with an Emergency Medical Rescue Services (EMRS) unit, was despatched to the scene and arrived within four minutes," he said in a statement today. Upon arrival, the team found the victim conscious, but slightly injured. He was administered first aid before being handed over to Health Ministry paramedics for further treatment. The operation ended at 9.30am.
The Hindu
08-07-2025
- General
- The Hindu
About 600 Eklavya school students cracked IIT-JEE, NEET exams, says Centre
Close to 600 students from government-run Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) for Tribal Students across 12 States have cleared top entrance examinations this year for undergraduate studies in medicine and engineering across the country, the Tribal Affairs Ministry's assessment of the EMRS's performance for the year showed. Officials added that in a special effort to give these students the confidence to proceed with higher education, the Ministry is preparing to reach out to these students with the gamut of government scholarships available to them and handhold the entire application process. Officials told The Hindu that a total of 596 students of EMRS schools in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Telangana, Odisha, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Maharashtra qualified for either IIT-JEE Mains, IIT-JEE Advanced, or the NEET examinations. One official said this was the first time such data had been compiled for EMRS students, adding that in previous years, 'the number would have been in a few dozen'. The EMRS is one of the Tribal Affairs Ministry's flagship schemes and the Union government has in the last five years pushed for major reforms in the administration of these schools, including trying to centralise their running, through setting up the National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS). The nearly 600 students who have cleared these entrance exams were coached by coaching centres that have partnered with the NESTS over the last couple of years to provide specific training to students of EMRSs, where tribal students, including students from Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups form close to 85% of the student population. Outreach programme In a departure from regular process, a senior government official said the Scholarship Division of the Tribal Affairs Ministry was now looking to start an outreach programme, where all the Ministry's available post-matriculate scholarships for tribal students would be taken to them. 'Usually, they are left to apply for the scholarships themselves. In this case, they have done excellent work, and the Ministry wants to encourage them and give them confidence. So, since both NESTS and scholarships are handled by the Ministry, now the Ministry will track these students and handhold them to get all scholarships they are entitled to,' the official said. According to the evaluation of the performance conducted by the Tribal Affairs Ministry, 218 students qualified for the IIT-JEE Mains examination, with about 25 of them likely to get in at NITs; 34 students cracked the IIT-JEE Advanced, with 18 of them likely to get into IITs; and 344 students cracked the NEET exam, with at least three of them likely to be placed at AIIMS and most others likely to get a seat in elite government medical institutes. Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram and Minister for State Durgadas Uikey held a meeting with NESTS on Tuesday where these results saw both the Ministers praise the efforts of the officials, teachers, and students across EMRSs. They said the scheme, its impact, and its results, needed to be taken to the public. The Tribal Affairs Ministry, through the NESTS, administers over 400 residential schools across the country, where around 1.38 lakh students are currently enrolled.
