Malaysia

Lorry catches fire after falling into ravine near Ipoh, man killed

Rescue team finds truck laden with diesel already ablaze

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 05 Dec 2022 11:06AM

Lorry catches fire after falling into ravine near Ipoh, man killed
The Perak Fire and Rescue Department has received a call at 7.52am regarding an accident involving a truck bursting into flames after falling into a ravine. One man was killed in the disaster. – Bernama pic, December 5, 2022

IPOH – A man was killed when a lorry he was travelling in plunged into a ravine and burst into flames at KM265 of the North-South Expressway (northbound) today.

A spokesperson for the Perak Fire and Rescue Department said they received a call at 7.52am before a team from the Meru Fire and Rescue Station, assisted by a team from the Ipoh Fire and Rescue Station, was dispatched to the scene.

On arrival, the team found a lorry laden with diesel that had burst into flames after falling into a ravine, and operation was still ongoing to douse the fire, he said in a statement today. – Bernama, December 5, 2022

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