Apartment block’s roof blown off

Strong winds blew off part of the roof of an apartment block housing government servants in Precinct 15 in Putrajaya on Tuesday.

PUTRAJAYA: Part of the roof of an 18-storey Public Servants Housing apartment block in Precinct 15 was blown off during a thunderstorm on Tuesday evening.

Secretary of the Property Management Division under the Prime Minister’s Department Norazman Othman said a vehicle was damaged but no one was injured in the incident which occurred at 6.30pm.

“Officials from the Public Works Department (JKR) and maintenance contractors arrived at at the scene about 45 minutes later and cordoned off the area,” he said.

Norazman said they would be working with JKR to send a report on the incident to the developer Putrajaya Holdings (PJH).

“We will be working with JKR, PJH and the supplier of materials to investigate the roof collapse and give recommendations to prevent such incidents in future,” he said.

“It is too soon to point fingers because we don’t know what exactly caused the incident,” he said.

Norazman assured the apartment occupants that all precautionary measures had been taken.

“There is nothing to worry about as inspection has been carried out on other parts of the roof,” he said.