GEORGE TOWN: A hot spell with lower rainfall is projected in Malaysia from now until March but Penang has already seen a “fiery” start to the year with a blaze that damaged a cemetery in Lorong Batu Lanchang and a peat fire at a landfill that caused the evacuation and closure of schools.
NIBONG TEBAL: The Pulau Burung landfill area, which is on fire, has been declared as a Level 1 disaster area based on a National Security Council directive, say police.
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 18 — Barely a week after physical classes resumed this year, schools near the Pulau Burung landfill in mainland Penang have been ordered to close and switch to home-based teaching and learning for the rest of this week due to noxious fumes from a fire last week. Education chief...
GEORGE TOWN: Ten schools located within a 10km radius of the Pulau Burung landfill on the mainland of Penang were ordered to close from Wednesday (Jan 19) to Friday (Jan 21) following a fire at the landfill that broke out last Wednesday (Jan 12).
Kuala Lumpur,Jan 18 (Prensa Latina) Malaysian authorities ordered the closure today for 3 days, of 10 schools around a landfill on Penang island (northwest), where they have not been able to extinguish the large fire since last week.
NIBONG TEBAL, Jan 17 — It will take another week to extinguish the fire at the Pulau Burung landfill here because of the large area involved. Environment and Water Deputy Minister, Datuk Mansor Othman said the state government was trying hard to overcome the problems faced including asking the...