Second fireplace breaks out at Jakel garment outlet in Malaysia

SHAH ALAM: A second fireplace has damaged out at Wisma Jakel on Tuesday (Jan 3), after a fire destroyed the five-storey store on New Yr’s Day. 

The fireplace broke out on the curtain retailer room on the shop’s premises. Director of the Selangor Hearth and Rescue Division (JPBM) Norazam Khamis stated the division obtained a misery name at 12.40am. 

A complete of 43 firefighters have been mobilised to the scene and the hearth was extinguished at 3.07am. No casualties have been reported and overhaul work is in progress, he stated. 

Jakel Group, a well-liked Malaysian garment and textile retailer, preliminary estimated nearly RM100 million (S$30 million) in losses after the blaze broke out on Sunday. It took a number of hours to place out the hearth. 

Photographs of the incident shared by native authorities in addition to social media customers confirmed fierce flames in addition to billowing smoke from the nook lot, close to a busy visitors intersection. 

The group’s managing director Mohamed Faroz Mohamed Jakel stated the quantity solely concerned the worth of the Shah Alam constructing, and the precise losses have but to be decided.

“It is a large loss for the corporate however we settle for it as our destiny,” he stated, including that the yearly gross sales turnover from the Jakel Shah Alam department was about RM300 million.

Mohamed Faroz stated the corporate will attempt to discover a momentary location round Shah Alam quickly to proceed its enterprise earlier than the arrival of Ramadan and Hari Raya Puasa this 12 months.

Shah Alam district police chief Mohd Iqbal Ibrahim stated a brief circuit was believed to be the reason for the hearth and no casualties have been reported.

The Selangor JBPM has mobilised its K9 Tracker Canine Unit to the location to conduct forensic work and decide the reason for the incident.