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Old EPF building fire: EPF, developer work with authorities to identify cause

Renovations to turn it into senior living facility underway when incident happened, company adds

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 23 May 2023 7:20AM

Old EPF building fire: EPF, developer work with authorities to identify cause
The old Employees Provident Fund (EPF) building on Jalan Gasing being extinguished by Fire and Rescue officers. EPF has said that the building was under renovation to be turned into a senior living facility when the fire happened, but was still unoccupied. – ABDUL RAZAK LATIF/The Vibes file pic, May 23, 2023

KUALA LUMPUR – The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) and Pacific Senior Living (Pacific) are working together with the local authorities and the Fire and Rescue Department to identify the cause and assess damages of the fire at the old EPF building in Petaling Jaya yesterday.

EPF Corporate Affairs Department, in a statement today, said that Pacific is the developer carrying out renovation work on the unoccupied building on Jalan Gasing for a senior living facility project. They have signed a 30-year lease with EPF on April 6, 2022.  

He said Pacific had started demolition work inside the building according to its renovation plan. 

In yesterday’s incident, it was reported only the fourth and fifth levels of the building caught on fire, with no casualties reported. 

This is the second time the building has caught fire after a similar incident in 2018. 

EPF Corporate Affairs Department also expressed its appreciation for the swift response of the firefighters in controlling the blaze. – Bernama, May 23, 2023

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