JPJ, JPN to deploy mobile counters to help Putra Heights fire victims

JPJ, JPN to deploy mobile counters to help Putra Heights fire victims

Transport minister Loke Siew Fook says JPJ mobile counters will be stationed at strategic locations in the area until Friday while the JPN says it will also be there to offer free document replacement services.

Yesterday’s gas pipeline fire at Putra Heights resulted in 538 residents from 120 families being relocated to two temporary relief centres. (Bernama pic)
SEPANG:
The road transport department (JPJ) will be deploying its mobile counters to help victims of the gas pipeline fire in Putra Heights get transport-related document replacements, transport minister Loke Siew Fook said today.

He said JPJ would set up the counters at key locations, including the Putra Heights mosque, to make it easier for vehicle owners affected by yesterday’s disaster to reprint damaged or lost documents.

“JPJ mobile counters will be in Putra Heights starting tomorrow until Friday so vehicle owners can get their documents such as vehicle registration certificates, driver’s licences and road tax reissued if necessary,” he told reporters at KLIA here today.

Loke said the department was also working with Persatuan Insurans Am Malaysia to ensure insurance companies provided assistance and guidance to the fire victims.

Separately, the national registration department (JPN) said it would also provide free document replacement services to the fire victims.

In a statement, JPN said victims who had lost their identification cards, birth certificates or other documents issued by the department could request for them to be replaced free of charge.

The JPN mobile counter will be stationed at the Putra Heights mosque from 9am to 5pm tomorrow.

It said the mobile counter would help victims who are currently facing difficulties travelling to the nearest JPN office.

It added that the initiative was to ensure that the victims get their important documents immediately.

Later in the evening, home minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said the document replacement facility at the mosque would be extended until Sunday.

The fire, which broke out yesterday morning, engulfed a 500m section of a pipeline, injuring 111 people staying nearby – with 13 of them in critical condition.

Earlier today, police said 235 premises were affected by the fire, with 87 completely burnt and 148 damaged.

A total of 399 vehicles were affected, with 225 burnt and 174 damaged.

A total of 538 residents from 120 families have been relocated to temporary relief centres at the Putra Heights mosque and the Subang Jaya City Council multipurpose hall.

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