PERMATANG PAUH: The Fire and Rescue Department has inspected half of the 349 registered religious schools in the state, and majority of them have met the necessary safety standards. State Fire and Rescue Department Fire Safety Division chief Mohd Shafiq Mohd Jamil said only a handful of schools were found to have problems with their safety grilles as well as the non-availability of fire hydrants. State Fire and Rescue Department Fire Safety Division chief Mohd Shafiq Mohd Jamil giving a briefing to students at Sekolah Menengah Agama Ibrah, Permatang Pauh, Pulau Pinang. More importantly, we want to prevent a recurrence of the fire at the Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah religious school which claimed 23 lives," he added. It was reported that the Fire and Rescue Department has set up a special task force in each state to carry out safety inspection on all religious schools, as ordered by the Cabinet recently.

Source: New Strait Times September 27, 2017 12:33 UTC