Johor Bahru:Three women, including a Singaporean national, experienced breathing difficulties following a car fire on Basement Level 2 of the Johor Bahru City Square shopping centre this afternoon.
According to BERNAMA News Agency, the Johor Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) received an emergency call at 3.40 pm. Firefighters from the Larkin and Tebrau stations arrived at the scene approximately six minutes later, discovering a car engulfed in flames with thick black smoke spreading through the area.
The emergency response involved 26 personnel equipped with three Fire Rescue Tender vehicles and two Emergency Medical Rescue Services units. Fire personnel provided initial medical assistance to the victims.
One of the victims, a 48-year-old woman, was transported to the hospital using an Emergency Medical Rescue Services vehicle. The remaining two victims included a 35-year-old local woman and a Singaporean woman.