Fallen trees crush cars, damage shop in Kubang Semang and Prai

SEBERANG PRAI: Firefighters responded to two separate incidents involving fallen trees today. On one occasion, a tree crashed into a vehicle and a section of a shop in Prai, while earlier, another tree fell on a home and a car in Kubang Semang. Assistant Director John Sagun Francis of the Penang Fire and Rescue Department's operations division reported that the Prai incident occurred at 6.01pm.

At the scene in Desa Sutera Square, firefighters from the Prai and Bandar Perda stations found a Proton Saga taxi crushed by a fallen tree and a small part of a nearby shop's roof damaged. The 50-year-old taxi driver was uninjured. The firefighters and Seberang Prai City Council workers worked to remove the tree and branches, concluding their efforts at 7.57pm once the area was deemed safe.

In the earlier incident, Penanti fire station personnel responded to Kubang Semang, helping remove a tree that had struck a Perodua Bezza and part of a house. The 24-year-old car owner remained unharmed. The site was eventually returned to the homeowner after the tree was cleared.