Restaurant worker injured in kitchen fire in Bangsar

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A restaurant worker in Bangsar was rushed to hospital following an explosion and subsequent fire in the outlet's kitchen.  Fire and Rescue Department operations commander Wan Mohd Shahrir Azizi Wan Said said the incident occurred at 11.44am on Wednesday (March 6).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/dppmzw7h  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 A restaurant worker in Bangsa was rushed to hospital following an explosion and subsequent

00:08 fire in the outlet's kitchen.

00:10 Videos and photos of the incident were shared on social media.

00:14 According to Fire and Rescue Department operations, Commander Wan Mohamed Shahriar Azizi, Wan

00:20 Syed, the incident occurred at 11.44 am on Wednesday.

00:25 Four fire engines, a water tanker, an emergency medical rescue services vehicle and three

00:31 rapid intervention motorcycles were dispatched to the scene, together with 44 personnel from

00:37 Pantai, Seputteh, Jalan Hangtua and Srihatama stations.

00:42 Firefighters found that a 45-year-old foreign worker at the restaurant had suffered 80 percent

00:48 burns to his body.

00:50 The victim was rushed to Hospital Kuala Lumpur for treatment.

00:53 Wan Mohamed Shahriar Azizi said the fire was believed to have started in the kitchen, which

00:59 was over 70 percent damaged.

01:01 He added that firefighters had to overcome various challenges, including an electrical

01:06 substation located next to the restaurant to stop the fire from spreading.

01:11 The blaze was put out by 12.40 pm and the cause of the fire is still being determined.

01:16 For Live UN Video visit www.un.org/webcast

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