BACHOK – Seorang remaja lelaki cedera ringan selain beberapa kenderaan mengalami kerosakan selepas dihempap sebatang pokok ru dalam kejadian ribut semasa hujan lebat di sebuah pusat peranginan di Kemasin di sini hari ini.

Dalam kejadian kira-kira pukul 7.30 petang itu, mangsa yang berusia 15 tahun yang dihempap dahan pokok ru dihantar ke hospital untuk rawatan lanjut.

Komander Operasi Balai Bomba dan Penyelamat Bachok, Ibrahim Mohd. Rohni berkata, remaja terbabit dipercayai berada di kawasan berkenaan sebelum dihempap pokok tersebut.

Menurutnya, pihak bomba menerima panggilan kecemasan kira-kira pukul 7.39 petang sebelum bergegas ke lokasi kejadian.

“Remaja yang cedera diserahkan kepada pihak Kementerian Kesihatan sebelum dibawa ke hospital,” katanya ketika dihubungi Kosmo! sebentar tadi.

Ibrahim memberitahu, pihaknya kemudian melakukan kerja memotong pokok yang tumbang dengan menggunakan dua unit gergaji rantai. – KOSMO! ONLINE

SHAH ALAM (June 4): The technical report related to the gas pipeline explosion and fire incident in Putra Heights, Subang Jaya on April 1, is expected to be completed by June 26.

Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari said the investigation report will also be aligned with the results of the criminal investigation before being made public.

“We cannot release our criminal investigation now because we need to combine it with the technical investigation as there are still areas that need to be identified from the criminal investigation,” he said when met after an e-Bike Handover Ceremony at the Selangor Police Contingent headquarters here yesterday.

He said the technical investigation under the Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) also covers the integrity of the pipes, ground movement, and determines whether any activities in the area exert pressure on the gas pipeline.

On May 27, Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the police as well as the DOSH investigation reports regarding the gas pipeline fire in Putra Heights are expected to be released by the end of June.

Hussein said the police investigation also covering aspects of negligence or sabotage, had been completed, and they are waiting for the DOSH to complete their investigation.

The Petronas gas pipeline fire in Putra Heights at 8.10 am on April 1 saw flames reaching heights of over 30 metres (m) with temperatures reaching 1,000 degrees Celsius, taking nearly eight hours to extinguish, and causing a 9.8 m-deep crater at the incident site. – Bernama

KOTA BHARU: A 15-year-old boy was injured after being hit by a falling tree in a storm that struck the area near Pantai Kemasin, Bachok at 7.40 pm yesterday.

Bachok police chief Supt Mohamad Ismail Jamaluddin said the teenager was then rushed to the Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM) Specialist Hospital in Kubang Kerian.

“The victim is currently receiving treatment at the HUSM Yellow Zone due to injuries to his head and body.

“From initial investigations, the victim was at the beach resort with his family when a big storm suddenly struck, before a tree fell and hit him,“ he told Bernama today.

BARCELONA: Mainland Spain experienced its hottest May day ever on Friday, with the average temperature surpassing 24 degrees Celsius (75 degrees Fahrenheit), national weather agency AEMET said on Monday.

The average temperature across the country hit 24.08C, breaking the previous record for the month of 23.73C set on May 21, 2022, according to provisional data from the agency.

“This was the hottest day for a month of May across mainland Spain since the beginning of the data series in 1950,“ AEMET wrote on social media.

The average temperature on Saturday reached 23.91C, making it the second-hottest May day on record.

Temperatures exceeded 40C in parts of southern region of Andalusia.

While unusual, this is not the first time Spain has experienced exceptionally high May temperatures. Similar events occurred in 2015 and 2022, AEMET said.

“This reflects a scenario where summer-like conditions are arriving earlier and more frequently, even before spring has ended,“ said AEMET spokesperson Ruben del Campo.

Scientists say climate change driven by human activity is increasing the length, frequency and intensity of extreme weather events such as heatwaves.

The last three years have been the hottest on record in Spain, which is emerging from a years-long drought.