Amirudin: S’gor offers over 100 temporary houses to pipeline fire victims

The Selangor Housing and Real Estate Board (LPHS) has agreed to offer more than 100 houses as temporary homes for victims of the gas pipeline fire in Putra Heights, Subang Jaya, Selangor, last Tuesday.

Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari said the houses include in Kota Warisan, Sepang, while the other locations will be announced through the Selangor Smart Sewa scheme.

"If all goes well, the victims will be in their Smart Sewa house and also in Airbnb whose location will be determined later in a week or two,” he told a press conference at a relief centre for the fire victims at the Putra Heights Mosque today.

Also present were Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo and Selangor Investment, Trade and Mobility Committee chairperson Ng Sze Han.

Meanwhile, Amirudin said more victims are expected to be allowed to return to their homes starting today.

He said the second group to be allowed to return home are occupants of 115 houses that have been identified as safe to reoccupy.

"This second group of victims will be allowed to return to their homes today after technical authorities confirm that their homes are safe to occupy and the utility services have been reconnected," he said.

READ MORE: KINIGUIDE | What we know so far about the Putra Heights inferno

The fire involving a Petronas gas pipeline in Jalan Putra Harmoni, Putra Heights at 8.10 am last Tuesday, affected 1,254 people from 308 families.

A total of 87 houses suffered total losses while 148 houses that were affected and suffered damage need repair.

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