Swift action by Ladang Bukit Jalil residents prevent blaze from spreading to neighbouring homes
KUALA LUMPUR: A house belonging to two brothers who are involved in a dispute with DBKL was razed to the ground in a fire at about 1am this morning.
T Anandavelu and T Nyanasambanthan are among 41 families of Ladang Bukit Jalil told to vacate their homes to make way for a Muslim cemetery project.
They were away attending a wedding when the fire started and no one was injured in the blaze.
Residents were caught unawares that the house, situated opposite the Ladang Bukit Jalil Tamil school, had caught fire.
Estate action committee treasurer K Balakrishnan: “We only knew about the fire after a resident who was returning home from work saw the fire and alerted us.”
“We called the fire department and also tried to put out the fire on our own. The heat was intense and we drew water from the pipes in the school and neighbouring houses to stop the blaze from spreading to neighbouring houses,” said Balakrishnan..
Balakrishnan who is also Hindraf Makkal Sakthi national coordinator said the fire trucks arrived 30 minutes later but was unable to save the house.
The family will be lodging a police report on the incident later today.
The 41 families living in the estate have been at loggersheads with the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) since last year as the latter is trying to evict them from the land.
After a latest eviction notice on March, the residents sought legal action and got an interim injunction from the Kuala Lumpur High Court on March 14 against DBKL
The judge, Zabariah Mohd Yusof will decide on the injunction on May 10.
KUALA LUMPUR: A house belonging to two brothers who are involved in a dispute with DBKL was razed to the ground in a fire at about 1am this morning.T Anandavelu and T Nyanasambanthan are among 41 families of Ladang Bukit Jalil told to vacate their homes to make way for a Muslim cemetery project.
They were away attending a wedding when the fire started and no one was injured in the blaze.
Residents were caught unawares that the house, situated opposite the Ladang Bukit Jalil Tamil school, had caught fire.
Estate action committee treasurer K Balakrishnan: “We only knew about the fire after a resident who was returning home from work saw the fire and alerted us.”
“We called the fire department and also tried to put out the fire on our own. The heat was intense and we drew water from the pipes in the school and neighbouring houses to stop the blaze from spreading to neighbouring houses,” said Balakrishnan..
Balakrishnan who is also Hindraf Makkal Sakthi national coordinator said the fire trucks arrived 30 minutes later but was unable to save the house.
The family will be lodging a police report on the incident later today.
The 41 families living in the estate have been at loggersheads with the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) since last year as the latter is trying to evict them from the land.
After a latest eviction notice on March, the residents sought legal action and got an interim injunction from the Kuala Lumpur High Court on March 14 against DBKL
The judge, Zabariah Mohd Yusof will decide on the injunction on May 10.
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