Malaysia

Landslide destroys Health Ministry medicine storage facility in Sabah

Fire & Rescue Dept orders villagers in area to vacate houses

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 04 Sep 2021 5:30PM

Landslide destroys Health Ministry medicine storage facility in Sabah
The Sabah Fire and Rescue Department operations centre says three vehicles and a motorcycle belonging to ministry personnel, as well as three public vehicles were buried in the incident. – AFP pic, September 4, 2021

KOTA KINABALU – A Health Ministry medicine storage facility was destroyed in a landslide in Kg Kopungit here last night.

The Sabah Fire and Rescue Department operations centre said in a statement that three vehicles and a motorcycle belonging to ministry personnel, as well as three public vehicles were also buried in the incident.

“The incident happened last night. However, the department only received a report of the incident at 11.19am today. No injuries or casualties were reported. No operations were carried out, except to monitor and collect information at the scene.

“The department has notified police to inform the village head to order the villagers to vacate their houses in the surrounding areas as a security measure,” read the statement.

The department had also set up barriers at the incident area as a security measure to prevent more serious incidents and ensure that members of the public do not enter the area. – Bernama, September 4, 2021

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