The second day of Hari Raya Aidilfitri will long be etched in the memory of 33-year-old Sharmaine Pan, who suffered the harrowing experience of being a victim of the gas pipeline fire that broke out at Jalan Putra Harmoni, Putra Heights, Subang Jaya, Selangor, today.

Sharmaine, who sustained seven percent first-degree burns on both her calves and abrasions from falling while fleeing the fire, said she heard a strange sound, similar to a tremor, before all hell broke loose.

“We were sleeping when we heard...