TATAU, March 30 2026: A vast area of 300 hectares peat land in Kuala Tatau Serupai has been devastated by wild fires since March 23, according to Tatau Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said.
Out of the total, firemen and personnel from other agencies have so far put out fires from 223 hectares.
“We have yet to extinguish fires in the remaining 74 hectares,” Tatau Bomba senior operation commander Sim Mui Chai said this evening.
A brief rain last night helped, but not enough to stop the fires from spreading.
The fire extinguishing operations were divided into three teams.
All the three teams moved to the front to extinguish the smoke plume caused by the wind.
The operations were suspended at 5.30pm and will resume tomorrow morning.
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