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Early Morning Fire At Keramat Tahfiz School Kills 25 People
This morning the nation received heart-breaking news after a religious (tahfiz) school in Jalan Keramat Ujung, Datuk Keramat caught fire that resulted in the death of 23 students and two teachers so far as reported by the New Straits Times. The victims were as young as seven years old.
The second floor of the Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah Centre were found to be engulfed in flames around 5.30am as residents were waking up to prepare for the early morning prayers. City Fire and Rescue Department received a call at 5.41am and immediately dispatched firefighters to the location.
Firefighters managed to rescue six students who were in critical condition from the harrowing incident and they were all brought for treatment at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital. A few others including teachers managed to escape.
A spokesperson for the City Fire and Rescue Department confirmed that they found charred bodies slumped in three different locations and the victims were all dead.
A survivor, Muhd Izzarudin Roslan, 15, told NST that their dorm was on fire at about 5am and flames were rapidly spreading at the front door.“I was sleeping when suddenly, I heard noises like gas leaking from a tank.”
“When I woke up, fire had already engulfed the front door. Immediately, several of us started to try to wake up our friends. However, some of them did not wake up at all.”
What’s even more distressing is the videos of the scene that made rounds on social media whereby screams from the victims and desperate cries for help can be clearly heard.
Innalillahiwainnailaihirojiun. Al Fatihah ? Tolong Doakan Semoga Syurga Tempat Diorang ?Tragedi Pusat Tahfiz Darul Ittifaqiyah 14/09/17 pic.twitter.com/5nXgMaDPBA— Lvk. (@EncikSmile) September 14, 2017
Residents nearby felt helpless as they couldn’t do much as the fire was rapidly raging. One of them even claimed that the back door was locked hence, they couldn’t help the victims escape.#trageditahfiz: Keadaan Pusat Tahfiz Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah, yang terbakar pada pukul 5 pagi tadi di Kampung Keramat, Kuala Lumpur. pic.twitter.com/l6BQL5nSh1— Berita Harian (@bharianmy) September 14, 2017
The cause of the blaze is yet to be determined but City Fire and Rescue Department deputy director Abu Obaidat said that it is probably due to a short circuit. The forensic report on the incident will be revealed after investigations are carried out.[LIVE] #KebakaranTahfiz "Pukul 5 pagi mendengar anak-anak kecil menjerit: "TOLONG! TOLONG!" Akak nampak mereka tangan di tingkap - Saksi pic.twitter.com/PQnCjzSiFU— Astro AWANI (@501Awani) September 14, 2017
Malaysian also appeared to be affected by the distressing incident and took it to Twitter to share their thoughts.
Pagi ni dapat mesej sekolah tahfiz di Jalan Keramat terbakar subuh tadi dan 20 org hafiz terkorban. Damailah jiwa soleh disana.Alfatihah— PU Rahmat Ikhsan (@pu_rahmat) September 14, 2017
ahhhhh sebaknya bila baca pasal kes kebakaran tahfiz tu, akak yakin tempat adik2 yang dah tinggalkan kami itu pasti di syurga, amin.— medi- (@ninabdllh___) September 14, 2017
Kes kebakaran melibatkan students tahfiz tu. its so breaking heart. Innalillah. May all the family members strong enough to face it.— nnida (@lemonmerah) September 14, 2017
sedihnye baca pasal kebakaran dekat tahfiz tu. cannot imagine if one of them is my family member ?— syafizayahya (@fizafisses) September 14, 2017
kes tahfiz kali ni hati rasa sedih sangat lah. nangisssssss ????????— ✿YEOBO❀ (@anisahothman) September 14, 2017
Sedihnya tgk gambar and video sekolah tahfiz terbakar tu. You can clearly hear their scream. ?— AinaHaye? (@AinaHaye) September 14, 2017
Condolences to all the family members and everyone affected by the incident.Innalillah. Amat sedih baca Pusat Tahfiz Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah terbakar & korban lebih 20 nyawa. Moga roh dirahmati Allah SWT. Al-Fatihah— Mohd Najib Tun Razak (@NajibRazak) September 14, 2017
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