Treler muatan kereta terbakar di Lebuhraya Utara Selatan, tiga kenderaan musnah

KUALA KANGSAR: Tiga buah kenderaan musnah selepas sebuah treler muatan kereta terbakar di Kilometer 231 Lebuhraya Utara Selatan, arah utara, dekat sini, awal pagi ini.

Penolong Pengarah Bahagian Operasi Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia (JBPM) Perak, Sabarodzi Nor Ahmad berkata, pihaknya menerima panggilan mengenai kejadian itu kira-kira jam 12.26 pagi.

Menurutnya, sebaik menerima panggilan kecemasan, anggota dari Balai Bomba dan Penyelamat (BBP) Kuala Kangsar digerakkan ke lokasi yang jaraknya 15 kilometer.

“Apabila sampai ke lokasi, didapati kebakaran melibatkan sebuah treler jenis Volvo muatan kereta yang terbakar di bahagian belakang treler musnah anggaran 15 peratus.

“Kebakaran melibatkan tiga buah kenderaan iaitu Perodua Aruz dan Honda City, masing-masing musnah 90 peratus, dan Nisssan Xtrail yang musnah 30 peratus,” katanya dalam kenyataan di sini.

Foto JBPM Perak

Bagaimanapun, katanya, kebakaran tidak melibatkan mangsa.

Menurutnya, ketua operasi mengarahkan anggota memadamkan kebakaran menggunakan dua unit salur bantu mula air dari tangki jentera sehingga api dapat dipadamkan sepenuhnya.

Operasi yang turut dibantu pasukan dari BBP Taiping tamat jam 1.52 pagi.

Niaga SPOTLIGHT: Costing The Silent Threat of Obesity

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Malaysia are a growing burden on the health system, with a number of associated health issues and economic costs.

The annual cost of healthcare for NCDs is estimated to be over RM 9.65 billion. Meanwhile, the cost of disability and loss of healthy life years is estimated to be around RM 100.79 billion. Absenteeism due to NCDs is estimated to cost the Malaysian economy RM 2.6 billion annually.

From the common NCDs, obesity is one of THE most significant health threats, with nearly 20% of the Malaysian population currently classified as obese.

Additionally, more than half of all adults (54%) are overweight or obese. According to the World Obesity Atlas, this figure could rise to 41% in Malaysia by 2035, if preventive action is not taken.

Niaga Spotlight focuses on immediate strategies to address this growing silent threat of Obesity, which also burdens the national healthcare system as well as national productivity levels with significant impacts and costs.