Batang Kali landslide: SAR sweeper team members increased to 28 personnel
BATANG KALI: The search and rescue (SAR) sweeper team that was deployed to a river area near ground zero to hunt for the remaining nine victims of the landslide incident here, has been increased to 28 compared to only seven people yesterday. Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director (Operations) Hafisham Mohd Noor said the […]
Batang Kali landslide: Softening ground pose new challenge for SAR team
BATANG KALI: Rescuers at the Father’s Organic Farm landslide in Gohtong Jaya today faced a new challenge in their search and rescue (SAR) efforts to locate nine more victims who are still missing. Besides softening of the ground, the rescuers are also faced with squelchy soil as deep as 16 metres. “The depth is the […]
SAR launched for foreigner feared drowned
KUCHING: A search and rescue (SAR) operation has been launched to find a foreigner who is feared to have drowned in Sungai Tabuan at the Samajaya Free Industrial Zone last night (Dec 13). A spokesman for the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said they received a call from the police around 1.20am this morning (Dec […]
SAR launched for man who went missing in Kg Kuap forest
KOTA SAMARAHAN: A search and rescue (SAR) operation was launched to locate a man reported missing in a forest at Kampung Kuap, Jalan Batu 10 on today (Dec 13). A spokesman from the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said they received an emergency call pertaining to the incident around 3.35pm and dispatched firefighters from the […]
Woman found dead after vanishing in flash floods
KAPIT: An elderly woman who was reported missing in Long Singut, Balleh during a flash flood on yesterday (Nov 5), was found dead yesterday afternoon. A flash flood had occurred around 4am on the day of the incident at a longhouse area in Long Singut. According to a police report lodged, the complainant said the […]
SAR operation for foreigner called off
SARATOK: The search and rescue (SAR) operation to locate a foreigner who fell into a river in Maludam on Oct 10, has been called off. A spokesman from the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said the decision was made around 2pm on the police’s advice. The search will only be reactivated if any clue is […]
SAR for missing tugboat man called off
MIRI: The search and rescue (SAR) operation for the 35 year-old tugboat man, who went missing in the waters off the Kuala Baram on last Wednesday night was called off yesterday. According to Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Miri deputy director (operation) Commander Maritime Eizanizam Muhammad Eng the decision was made after no clues were […]
SAR launched for fisherman feared drowned
ASAJAYA: A search and rescue (SAR) operation was launched today to locate a local fisherman who is feared to have drowned after he fell from a boat while fishing in Kampung Semera waters. The victim identified as Fadrrul Razie Zaini, 30, had gone out fishing with five of his friends around 5 am. Prior to […]
Search and rescue operations continue for missing man
BINTULU: The Search and rescue operations (SAR) for a missing man in Kuala Serupai Tatau, resumed on Saturday at 7am. According to Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Bintulu Zone acting director commander Effendy Mohamed Fadil, the search area covered 150 nautical miles with a radius of almost 10 nautical miles from the shoreline. He added […]
Search for elderly man continues
BINTANGOR: A search and rescue (SAR) operation is underway to locate an elderly man identified as Pat Sai Kong, 78, reported missing at a farm near Sungai Sian since Dec 31. The State Fire Department operations centre said they received a distress call from Bintangor police around 5pm last Friday. Bintangor firemen started their search […]
