Sungai Buloh: A foreign factory worker sustained second-degree burns in a fire involving three factories at Jalan Kampung Baru, Sungai Buloh, near here today.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, Selangor Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) Assistant Director of Operations Ahmad Mukhlis Mokhtar said they received an emergency call at 1.41 pm. Firefighters from the Sungai Buloh, Bukit Jelutong, Damansara, and Selayang Fire and Rescue Stations were deployed and arrived at the scene by 1.58 pm.

"There was one victim, a male Bangladeshi national, who suffered second-degree burns. He has been taken to the Sungai Buloh Hospital for treatment," he stated.

He further explained that the incident involved three factories covering an estimated 90 by 160 square feet (approximately 8.4 by 15 square metres) area. The fire caused significant damage, with a textile and recycling factory being 80 per cent destroyed, a metal factory 70 per cent destroyed, and a wood factory 90 per cent destroyed.

Ahmad Mukhlis also noted that the fire was brought under control at 2.51 pm. However, the blaze also destroyed a Toyota Hilux, while a Proton car sustained 10 per cent burn damage.

"So far, we have successfully extinguished about 40 per cent of the fire, and the remainder is still being put out, though the situation is under control," he added.