KUALA LUMPUR - AN OUTCRY has broken out in Malaysia after petrol
kiosk attendants refused a man's frantic pleas to use a fire
extinguisher to try to save a woman who was burning alive in her
car.
The victim's Perodua Myvi caught fire early on Thursday in the
Kuala Lumpur suburb of Cheras. The car had been badly mangled in an
accident that also involved a lorry and a Toyota Vios.
Police identified the dead woman as Ms Florina, 27, a Sarawakian
native and a student.
Bystander Teo Chai Yong, 31, heard her screams for help and
drove to a BHPetrol fuel station about 500m away. His request to
use a fire extinguisher kept behind a glass counter in the station
was refused by two BHP workers on duty there.
'I saw four fire extinguishers behind the glass door,' Mr Teo
was quoted as saying by The Star newspaper yesterday. 'An attendant
was on the other side.'
The attendants could not see the accident and apparently did not
understand the urgency of his request.
-- ST
