The Fire and Rescue Department carried out a water bombing exercise to put out the peat fire at the Pulau Burung landfill this morning, a week after a portion of the Pulau Burung landfill caught fire.
The estimated area of the landfill is 16.2 hectares but the area affected by the fire is about 6.5 hectares.
Checks by the New Straits Times at the site this morning showed the department's helicopter putting out the fire at specific sites earmarked through thermal imaging issued by the Department of Environment.
The helicopter took to the sky for about an hour for the water bombing exercise, circling the fire site numerous times, while releasing water.
State Environment Committee chairman Phee Boon Poh said the water bombing exercise was conducted by the department using a helicopter flown in from Subang, Selangor to help in the exercise.
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