At least eight people have lost their lives and seven have been injured following a landslide at a camp in Batang Kali town in Malaysia’s Selangor province.
At around 3.00 a.m. (local time), Malaysian emergency services received a call about a landslide, after which several teams of the Selangor Fire and Rescue Corps arrived, as reported by ‘New Straits Times’.
Once there, firefighters found the lifeless bodies of eight people, while they managed to rescue 53 people, seven of whom were injured.
«Fifty-three victims escaped unharmed from the landslide, while seven were injured. Eight victims died. Search and rescue operation is ongoing,» Malaysia’s National Disaster Management Agency detailed on Twitter.
Earlier, the police confirmed that one of the victims was a minor, although the exact age was not disclosed. Also, security forces have detailed that they estimate the height of the landslide was 30 meters.
