Residents ordered to vacate Cheras apartment block after landslide

In Kuala Lumpur, residents of an apartment block in Bandar Damai Perdana, Cheras, were instructed to vacate their homes due to a landslide near the building. The incident is believed to have been caused by an underground water leak. Assistant Operations Director Ashrul Riezal Asbar of the Selangor fire and rescue department informed the public that residents near Block A of the apartment complex were evacuated as a precautionary measure.

The department was alerted to the incident at 9.03pm, and a team of five personnel from the Bandar Tun Hussein Onn fire and rescue station arrived on the scene eight minutes later. Upon their arrival, the rescuers discovered a landslide involving a slope 4.57 meters high, which had displaced the soil by approximately 0.91 meters.

Although water continued to flow in the area, no additional soil movement was detected by the rescue team at the time. Monitoring of the soil condition and water flow is ongoing. No casualties or injuries have been reported, and the Public Works Department has been informed for further action.