Excavation work carried out just days before pipeline blaze, say cops

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Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan said parts of the area at Putra Heights were being dug to replace a pipe.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/04/04/excavation-work-carried-out-just-days-before-pipeline-blaze-say-cops/  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/04/04/polis-sah-ada-kerja-korek-tanah-di-lokasi-kebakaran-paip-gas/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #Putraheights #Petronas #Explosion

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00:00around the area. So the police confirmed that there was an activity of earthquake that

00:08has occurred before the incident and the work is to replace the pumping pipe which is more

00:23or less 30 meters from the epicenter. So the police have identified the developer, the

00:36contractor, the subcontractor and the involved workers who use two generators, one is a backhoe

00:43and the other is an excavator, which has been used to dig the ground in the area to replace

00:52the existing pumping pipe. And the work was stopped on March 30. So the result of the

01:05police investigation is that one of the excavators was sunk in the hole. Is there any activity

01:22of earthquake that can cause an explosion? This is something that needs to be investigated

01:28further. It still needs time to find out. We can confirm that there is an activity of

01:36earthquake, but how deep is the earthquake and how far does it need to be investigated?

01:45And then we need to make sure whether the activity can cause the explosion.

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