KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 22 – Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar has dismissed rumours of a bomb explosion in the fire that affected several cars in Taman Jaya, Petaling Jaya, Monday. He said someone set a car ablaze at parking (lot) of Taman Jaya, Petaling Jaya, there was no bomb explosion @PDRM is still investigating a mischief by fire. He said this in a tweet on his Twitter account.
Meanwhile, Petaling Jaya Police chief ACP Mohd Zani Che Din said the incident was just a fire that affected several cars. He said the police are still investigating the incident. Jalan Penchala Fire and Rescue Service operations commander Narmizi Hamzah said six cars caught fire in the 12.58pm incident.
He said the fire destroyed a Proton Wira and Toyota Vios and damaged a Suzuki Swift (80 per cent), Proton BLM (70 per cent) and a Proton Gen2 and Honda (20 per cent). The fire started from the Proton Wira and spread to the other cars parked adjacent to it, he said when contacted. The blaze was extinguised at 1.32pm, he added.
