'About 24 bodies recovered from one house': Firefighter's wife recounts Nepal devastation
KUALA LUMPUR: The wife of missing fire and rescue department special forces team member Mohd Fakhrul Munir Mohd Isa has shared the devastation she witnessed in Nepal following floods that hit the country on Aug 26.
The wife of a missing fire and rescue department special forces team member has described the devastation caused by recent floods in Nepal. Hani Othman, currently in the country, shared a photo on her Instagram Story showing a village that once had houses and residents, but now appears severely damaged. According to her, authorities have recovered about 24 bodies from just one house.
Hani pointed out a road that used to provide a direct route to Kathmandu, now destroyed by the floods. She lamented, "This place should have been filled with houses and people. From this house alone, they recovered about 24 bodies." Furthermore, she lamented the destruction of a highway, noting, "There should have been a road leading directly to Kathmandu here."
Mohd Fakhrul Munir, known as Loe, was reported missing while on a climbing expedition in Nepal following the floods. Another fire and rescue department operations and rescue division deputy director, Mohd Sani Harul, was also part of the same expedition and is missing. Out of 55 Malaysians reported missing due to the disaster, 77 have been located safely in Tibet and Nepal and have been brought to Kathmandu for processing before returning to Malaysia.
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