KUALA LUMPUR, July 27 – The Wisma TV of Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) server room caught fire in yesterday early morning. There were noo people injured or casualties in the time which the incident was reported on level 5. The fire was also in the same time houses the RTM administration department.
Wangsa Maju Fire and Rescue Department station head Che Shaari Abdullah said that we received a distress call at 8.27 am. After received the call, we have sent 2 fire engines with 27 fire fighters from Pantai and Seputeh stations to the scene. There was thick smoke billowing from a server room during the firemen arrived, while other rooms on the same floor were not affected.
“The fire was managed to be under control and prevented to spreading in about 10 minutes by the firemen. Besides that, the causes of the fire and estimated for the losses were be still under investigation conducted by the forensic unit,” said Che Shaari on the scene.
“When I heard an emergency alarm which was coming from the first floor and I have started smelled the smoke. I rushed to the air-conditioning control room to switch off the main switch after I heard the alarm but the smell of smoke was became stronger. I quickly contact the fire and rescue department at 8.27 am when I saw a thick smoke from the window at level 5,” said an auxiliary policeman Muhammad Hafiz Dzulkafli.
