Johor Regent decrees temporary closure of school near forest fire
ISKANDAR PUTERI: Johor Regent, Tunku Mahkota Ismail Ibni Sultan Ibrahim has decreed a temporary closure for SMK Tanjung Adang due to a forest fire near the school.
This was after Tunku Ismail visited the burning forest along Jalan Tanjung Kupang near Kampung Pekajang today.
In a statement posted on Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar’s official Facebook page, the regent also said that he had visited SMK Tanjung Adang, which has 200 students.
During the visit, he decreed that the school to be temporarily closed in view of students’ health.
He said more than 70 officers were involved in the effort to douse the fire in the forest.
It was reported by Bernama that strong winds over the past few days caused the forest fire at Kampung Pekajang in Iskandar Puteri, near here, to spread to a new area of 98ha as opposed to just 16ha on Friday.
State Fire and Rescue Department had worked hard for 24 hours to handle it and had extinguished 45% or 44ha of fire.
The operation was carried out by 79 members including senior officers from 10 stations in Zone 1 Johor and a station from Zone 2 Johor.
In addition, five 20,000-litre capacity water tankers were used to transport water taken from nearby fire hydrants to extinguish the fire.
The fire started on Friday afternoon due to the dry weather in the state.
