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The fire that destroyed the Petronas pipeline in Malaysia injured 33 people

Authorities reported that a fire on a gas pipe operated by the state-owned energy company Petronas in Malaysia injured 33 people Tuesday, just outside the capital Kuala Lumpur.

Astro Awani reported that Selangor Fire Department Director Wan Md Razali Wan Ismail said six of the injured had been sent to hospital.

The fire is still burning and efforts are being made to put it out.

Selangor Disaster Management Committee Chairman Mohd. Najwanhalimi told the state news agency Bernama that there are still people trapped in homes in Kampung Sungai baru, and rescue efforts continue.

In a press release, Petronas said that the pipeline was isolated. Selangor Fire Department said that the fire has damaged homes.

Images and videos shared by social media and news outlets showed a huge fire with a large orange flame and smoke on the horizon.

The department released a statement saying that a large flame rose in Puchong from a leak on a 500-metre (1,640-foot) pipeline. Petronas had closed the valve to the burning pipeline.

The fire department stated that it was still examining the extent of fire in the residential district. Reporting by Danial and Ashley Tang from Kuala Lumpur, writing by Xinghui Kok and editing by Martin Petty and Stephen Coates

(source: Reuters)