DUNGUN: The Fire and Rescue Department has deployed a helicopter to assist in efforts to extinguish a peat swamp forest fire, ...

Under the Environmental Quality Act 1974, open burning of vegetation in Malaysia is restricted, and burning on peatland is prohibited. In practice, enforcement is uneven, particularly in rural areas ...

Helicopters will be deployed today for water bombing to speed up efforts to put out the peat fire along Jalan Sungai Kapal ...

With fires crackling in the peat soils, smoke billowing up and hot ash raining down just a stone's throw from his house, farmer Arif Subandi chokes up as he surveys the scene. "Now our land is burned, ...

Firefighters have brought a peat swamp forest fire in Kuala Abang in Dungun, Terengganu, under control, allowing more than ...

A total of 52 firefighters are involved in the operation, with focus placed on preventing the fire from spreading further and ...