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New normal for firefighters during COVID-19 pandemic
PUTRAJAYA: Like everyone else, the Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) has had to adjust to ‘new normals’ because of the COVID-19 pandemic. JBPM director-general Datuk Mohammad Hamdan Wahid said quick response to fires, saving victims of road, domestic and industrial accidents
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Australia fires ‘long way from over’
MOGO, Australia: Massive bushfires in southeastern Australia still have a ‘long way to go’, authorities have warned, even as colder conditions brought some relief to exhausted firefighters and communities yesterday. After a blustery night that saw a series of massive infernos
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Two firefighters die as flames circle Sydney, PM cuts short holiday
Two volunteer Australian firefighters died while battling blazes around Sydney, authorities said today, forcing Prime Minister Scott Morrison to cut short a vacation in Hawaii as temperatures were again set to soar. Australia has been fighting wildfires across much of
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