20 cars, 3 motorcycles destroyed in workshop fire
KUALA LUMPUR : A fire broke out at a workshop along the Bukit Jalil Highway, Bandar Puchong Jaya, Selangor, today, destroying 20 cars and three motorcycles.
Selangor fire and rescue department assistant director of operations Ahmad Mukhlis Mokhtar said 21 personnel from the Puchong, Subang Jaya, Seri Kembangan and Damansara fire stations were deployed to the scene following a distress call at 10.56am.
'Our men arrived at the location at 11.04am and immediately began efforts to put out the fire.
'The fire involved a class B building used as a car and motorcycle workshop,' he said in a statement today.
He said after the flames were extinguished, it was estimated that the fire had destroyed 70% of the workshop structure.
Mukhlis added that no casualties were reported and the cause of the fire was still under investigation.
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