12 maut dalam kebakaran apartmen lima tingkat di New York

Sekurang-kurangnya 12 orang maut dalam kejadian kebakaran melibatkan sebuah bangunan apartmen di bandar Bronx di sini pada Khamis.

Datuk Bandar Bronx, Bill de Blasio, berkata berdasarkan kemusnahan akibat kebakaran, jumlah kematian mungkin meningkat.

Laporan media tempatan menyebut api mula marak sekitar jam 7 malam waktu tempatan di tingkat tiga bangunan lima tingkat terbabit.

Terdahulu, Jabatan Bomba New York berkata menerusi akaun Twitter, 15 orang disahkan mengalami kecederaan serius dan terdapat 190 anggota bomba di tempat kejadian.

Pegawai polis bandar Tiffany Phillips pula berkata kebakaran bermula dengan kejadian letupan sebelum api merebak ke bahagian lain di tingkat sama.

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Consider This: Social Work Profession Bill (Part 1) — The Cost of Delay

The long-awaited Social Work Profession Bill, aimed at finally professionalising this sector through mandatory licensing and standards, was set to be tabled this year in Dewan Rakyat but tabling has been delayed. What does it mean for a country when its social support workforce is left unprotected and unregulated? And who bears the real cost of these delays? On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks with Dr Teoh Ai Hua, President of Malaysian Association of Social Workers, which has championed professional social work for five decades now and actively provides training for social workers in government and civil society sectors.

Consider This: Social Work Profession Bill (Part 2) — The Cost of Delay

The long-awaited Social Work Profession Bill, aimed at finally professionalising this sector through mandatory licensing and standards, was set to be tabled this year in Dewan Rakyat but tabling has been delayed. What does it mean for a country when its social support workforce is left unprotected and unregulated? And who bears the real cost of these delays? On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks with Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS, consultant paediatrician and a child and disability activist.