Patients ushered out of HTAR after socket causes fire

 No one was harmed in the incident while the fire was put out by hospital personnel.

Patients in HTAR’s red zone were ushered out as a precautionary measure.

PETALING JAYA:

 A faulty socket in Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah’s red zone caught fire this evening, causing panic as patients were ushered out as a precaution.

Selangor fire and rescue department assistant director of operations Ahmad Mukhlis Mukhtar said no one was harmed in the incident which occurred around 5pm, with the fire put out by hospital personnel.

“Checks found that the fire only involved a section of electrical sockets in HTAR’s red zone wards,” he said, according to Bernama. - FMT