Flames devoured eight semi-permanent shop lots along Jalan Waja 5 in Taman Pandan during a devastating afternoon blaze. A motorcycle workshop that had served the community for quarter of a century became the centerpiece of destruction when fire erupted at 5.10 pm. Workshop owner Wong watched helplessly as his livelihood crumbled into ash and smoke. The 60-year-old businessman had departed his premises just 90 minutes earlier before receiving the tragic phone call. Three customer motorcycles awaiting repairs joined the list of casualties as the inferno consumed everything in its path.
Johor Fire and Rescue Department crews battled the stubborn flames with 31 firefighters from multiple stations joining the emergency response. Operations commander Muhammad Syahhir Ikhwan Mohamad Shoib reported that five shop lots suffered 90 percent damage while others faced varying degrees of destruction. The blaze also claimed three vehicles including a Proton Wira and two Proton Sagas parked nearby. Low water pressure frustrated firefighting efforts as crews struggled to contain the 100 by 50 feet structure fire. Emergency responders arrived within seven minutes of receiving the distress call but found the flames already raging out of control.
Johor Fire and Rescue Department crews battled the stubborn flames with 31 firefighters from multiple stations joining the emergency response. Operations commander Muhammad Syahhir Ikhwan Mohamad Shoib reported that five shop lots suffered 90 percent damage while others faced varying degrees of destruction. The blaze also claimed three vehicles including a Proton Wira and two Proton Sagas parked nearby. Low water pressure frustrated firefighting efforts as crews struggled to contain the 100 by 50 feet structure fire. Emergency responders arrived within seven minutes of receiving the distress call but found the flames already raging out of control.
