KUALA LUMPUR: A fire broke out at one of the communication panel rooms of the Taman Mutiara MRT station in Cheras here today.
In a statement, a City Fire and Rescue Department spokesperson said they received a call about a fire at 4.52pm and firemen from HangTuah and Cheras station rushed to the scene.
At about 4.57pm a team of 23 firemen led by Operations Commander Imam Bukhari Susami arrived at the scene and found that the storage battery in the communication panel room was on fire.
"Two fire engines, three tankers and other firefighting equipments were also used to douse the fire at the MRT station. Firemen managed to bring the fire under control at about 6.26pm before it was completely doused at 7.04pm," he said.
The cause of the fire, he added, is still under investigation.
