Landslide Hits Hulu Langat, One Household Evacuated - Fire Dept

​KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 (Bernama) -- Residents of a house were instructed to evacuate their home after a landslide hit Kampung Bukit Sungai Putih, Hulu Langat near here this afternoon.

Selangor Fire and Rescue Department operations assistant director Ahmad Mukhlis Mukhtar said they received a call at 2.17 pm and dispatched a six-man team from the Ampang Fire and Rescue Station with one engine to the location of the landslide, which arrived five minutes later.

​"A landslide about 1.2 metres was found and the residents of a house were instructed to vacate their home as a precautionary measure,” he said in a statement tonight.

Firefighters were monitoring the area at the moment and the local authorities have been informed for further action, he added.

​-- BERNAMA