PETALING JAYA, May 29 (Bernama) -- Part of the building which once housed the popular Jaya Supermarket in Jalan 14/20 collapsed Thursday evening during demolition work, killing two of nine workers trapped in the rubble.
Two of them were rescued and sent to the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC), Petaling Jaya OCPD, ACP Arjunaidi Mohamad said.
All the nine victims of the 5pm incident are Indonesian workers who were on the ground floor of the four-storey building at the time of the incident.
The search and rescue team had identified the location of the five workers still trapped, and at 11.30pm, was still trying to get them out of the rubble.
The first dead victim, known as Maskor, 28, was brought out of the rubble at about 6.50pm and the second who was still unidentified, at 10.20pm.
Arjunaidi said firemen used a skylift to assess the safety level of the affected building before the search and rescue team could enter it.
Among those involved in the operation are 50 policemen, Fire and Rescue Department personnel (30), SMART (15), Civil Defence Department (30) and Rela (30), he said.
The road in front of the collapsed building was closed to traffic to facilitate the search and rescue operation.
UMMC deputy director (Professional) Prof Dr Jamiyah Hassan said the injured victims were Maskor's brother Suryano, 32, and Sale, 48. They are in stable condition.
Dr Jamiyah said 45 paramedics from three hospitals - UMMC, Sungai Buloh Hospital and Kuala Lumpur Hospital - were at the scene of the incident to provide medical assistance.
Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Lajim Ukin said the initial investigation indicated that the structure might have collapsed due to overloading as heavy machinery were used in the demolition work.
Eyewitness Syed Mohammad Aidid Syed Ahmad Aidid said he heard a loud roar like that of thunder while driving past the area.
"I saw dust rising in the air and pieces of stone came crashing down on my car like a hailstorm," he told Bernama.
Syed Mohammad Aidid, 41, said he had just left the nearby Digital Mall to go to his office at Phileo Damansara when the Jaya Supermarket building collapsed.
"I saw in front of me several cars but they managed to escape. I just floored the accelerator but some of the rubble hit my car and dented it.
"I was shaken with fear and prayed that I would be out of harm's way," he said.
Two of them were rescued and sent to the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC), Petaling Jaya OCPD, ACP Arjunaidi Mohamad said.
All the nine victims of the 5pm incident are Indonesian workers who were on the ground floor of the four-storey building at the time of the incident.
The search and rescue team had identified the location of the five workers still trapped, and at 11.30pm, was still trying to get them out of the rubble.
The first dead victim, known as Maskor, 28, was brought out of the rubble at about 6.50pm and the second who was still unidentified, at 10.20pm.
Arjunaidi said firemen used a skylift to assess the safety level of the affected building before the search and rescue team could enter it.
Among those involved in the operation are 50 policemen, Fire and Rescue Department personnel (30), SMART (15), Civil Defence Department (30) and Rela (30), he said.
The road in front of the collapsed building was closed to traffic to facilitate the search and rescue operation.
UMMC deputy director (Professional) Prof Dr Jamiyah Hassan said the injured victims were Maskor's brother Suryano, 32, and Sale, 48. They are in stable condition.
Dr Jamiyah said 45 paramedics from three hospitals - UMMC, Sungai Buloh Hospital and Kuala Lumpur Hospital - were at the scene of the incident to provide medical assistance.
Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Lajim Ukin said the initial investigation indicated that the structure might have collapsed due to overloading as heavy machinery were used in the demolition work.
Eyewitness Syed Mohammad Aidid Syed Ahmad Aidid said he heard a loud roar like that of thunder while driving past the area.
"I saw dust rising in the air and pieces of stone came crashing down on my car like a hailstorm," he told Bernama.
Syed Mohammad Aidid, 41, said he had just left the nearby Digital Mall to go to his office at Phileo Damansara when the Jaya Supermarket building collapsed.
"I saw in front of me several cars but they managed to escape. I just floored the accelerator but some of the rubble hit my car and dented it.
"I was shaken with fear and prayed that I would be out of harm's way," he said.
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