JOHOR BARU: A fire gutted three pre-war shoplots, including a popular Indian restaurant, along Jalan Ungku Puan in the city centre here early today.
At the time of this report, firefighting efforts were ongoing with an estimated 95 per cent destruction recorded across the affected buildings.
No casualties have been reported so far.
Johor Fire and Rescue Department operations commander Nordatul Badrol Abdul Rahman said the department received a distress call at 7.28am and the first team arrived at the scene seven minutes later.
“Upon arrival, we confirmed that three two-storey shoplots were on fire,” he said.
Thirty-one personnel and multiple firefighting units from the Larkin, Tebrau and Kota Tinggi stations were deployed, including three fire engines, two emergency medical rescue service vehicles and one water tanker.
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