SHAH ALAM: A hostel of a tahfiz school which was occupied by 20 male students in Kampung Medan, Teluk Panglima Garang, near here was destroyed in a fire early Monday (July 31) morning.
However, all the students, aged between 13 and 17 years old, managed to escape from the building in time.
The fire destroyed 70% of the hostel building.
Selangor Fire and Rescue Department director Wan Md Razali Wan Ismail said the operations centre received a report about the fire at 12.03am Monday and a team of 18 firefighters was mobilised to the scene.
The fire was completely extinguished at 12.54am and there was no report of anyone injured in the incident, he said in a statement. - Bernama