BENTONG – The search-and-rescue operation for the fifth victim of the mud flood incident in Telemong here has been expanded to a 5km search radius.
Fire and rescue officer Sufian Yakub said currently, the operation focuses on the other side of the river and involves two rescue boats, with a manpower of 20 firefighters and policemen.
“The operation was extended to the downstream area, with the search area expanded across the river,” he told Bernama at the scene today.
Apart from that, Sufian said, 51 volunteers, comprising residents of Felda Chemomoi here, also assisted in the operation.
Yesterday, Bernama reported the finding of four bodies in the mud flood incident in Telemong.
Earlier, Telemong Volunteer Fire Brigade chairman Lai Wah Foong said the route to enter the scene is impassable following the landslide along the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway. – Bernama, December 21, 2021
