IPOH, Oct 26 (Bernama) — All 30 international film company crew members trapped in Gua Tempurung in Gopeng near here have been rescued.<\/p>\n
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Perak Police chief Datuk Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri said the Kampar police headquarters received information at 4.10 pm about civilians being trapped inside Gua Tempurung due to rising water levels.<\/p>\n
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\u201cA team from the Gopeng and Kota Bharu police stations were dispatched to the location. Based on initial investigations, the incident happened due to continuous heavy rain since 4 pm. The victims became trapped after the water level rose suddenly in the cave.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe water was about 1.5-meter deep.\u00a0 All the victims were crew members of an international film company from Singapore working on a film,\u201d he said in a statement tonight.<\/p>\n
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Mohd Yusri said the total number of crew involved was 80 people and the 30 who were trapped included locals and Singaporeans.<\/p>\n
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He said members of the Fire and Rescue Department and the police launched a\u00a0 joint rescue effort and as a result, all those who were trapped were rescued and taken out of the area, with no injuries reported.<\/p>\n
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One of the trapped crew members, Muhd Aidilfitri Ilias, 20, who has been working with the film company for two months, said they entered the cave at 8 am and, at about 4 pm, the water level rose suddenly up to their waist level.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe situation was chaotic and everyone panicked as we were trapped for two hours. I managed to contact the crew outside the cave to inform them of our situation so that they could call the Fire and Rescue Department.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI was traumatised and afraid when it happened and I was only thinking of saving myself and our equipment,\u201d he told reporters when met at the scene.<\/p>\n
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Meanwhile, Mohd Fitri Shah Abdullah, 25, said he was just thankful they managed to escape unscathed.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe couldn\u2019t contact anyone due to the limited communication network and we could only communicate with our other crew members using a walkie-talkie,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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Source: BERNAMA News Agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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