mad redo1 was on his way home from a wedding assignment when he noticed the sky was getting dark. But as he cast his view to the horizon he noted the dark cloud did not look right. Then he realised that the 'cloud' that he saw was actually smoke.
Like 'a moth drawn to the flame' mad redo1 immediately set his direction towards the location of the smoke originated. His hunch was it could be somewhere near the Shari'ah Court. Worse case scenario, it could be the court itself.
His hunch was proven to be right. It was a supermarket belonging to the Phua family, which was around 100 metres from the Shari'ah Court.
As always, the public would be drawn to this kind of incident even though the risk of getting hurt in a sudden explosion was there (including you eh, mad redo1?).
The heat from the fire must have been intense to an extent that any vegetation nearby seemed to suffer from de-hydration.
Unconfirmed eye-witness account told mad redo1 that the fire started when sparks from the welding job to extend the back portion of the supermarket fell on some flammable materials. This caused a fire which almost immediately spreaded to the whole of the supermarket.
The Fire Department which managed to bring the fire under control had to do it with low water pressure at certain times but they did a good job in preventing the fire from spreading to the nearby houses.
The fire caused a massive traffic jam as traffic was diverted from Gong Kapas Road to the Bukit Kecil Road.For mad redo1, it was an eventful weekend with TV9's Sua-Rasa was in town. But he decided to give the event at Shahdandar a miss.
So, remember people; be careful when playing with fire!
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