Penang: Five vehicles in the parking area of a flat in Jalan Perak, here, were engulfed in flames early this morning. Penang Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) assistant operations director John Sagun Francis said his department received a call about the fire at 4.30 am and a fire brigade team from the Jalan Perak Fire and Rescue Station (BBP) immediately went to the location.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, upon arrival, the fire department found that the fire involved five vehicles in the ground floor parking area of the flat and it also affected part of the garage with an estimated 50 percent damage. No casualties were reported in the incident and the fire department managed to control the fire at 4.38 am before it was completely extinguished at 5.09 am.

The vehicles involved in the incident were identified as a Nissan Grand Livina, Mitsubishi Xpander, Perodua Myvi, Toyota Hiace van, and Proton Preve, each sustaining between five and eighty percent burns. The cause of the fire and the extent of the financial loss remain under investigation by the fire forensic team.