Selangor Fire and Rescue Department director Norazam Khamis said they received a distress call at 9.33pm and arrived at the scene 11 minutes later to begin rescue operations.

The firefighters then evacuated all the victims to avoid any untoward incident.

“No injuries were reported,” he said when contacted last night.

Meanwhile, Ampang Jaya police chief Muhammad Farouk Eshak said all victims were housed at two halls around Ampang.

He said the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) provided two locations as temporary shelter.

“If they do not want to move to the places provided, they have the choice of putting up in the house of relatives.

“So far, the Fire and Rescue Department is monitoring the landslide location if there are further earth movements,” he said.

Meanwhile, one of the victims, Muhd Zulfaqar Jamaludin, 20, said he was shocked to hear a loud crash followed by some tremors.

“After that, I rushed out to see what had happened behind my house and found several trees had fallen following the landslide.

“After that, I quickly took my parents safely out of the house,” he said.

Nurhafizah Zolkifli, 28, said she felt strong tremors and saw tree branches crashing into the windows at the back of the house at 9.30pm Friday.

“My parents immediately called the Fire and Rescue Department and I grabbed my child to safety.

“Apart from that, I also saw several houses falling from the slope,” she said.

Meanwhile, Selangor Fire and Rescue Department deputy director Wan Md Razali Wan Ismail said the movement of underground water following a downpour in the area caused the soil structure to slide.

He added that it also blocked the flow of the river water at the foot of the hill.