JOHOR BAHRU, Nov 10 — Two people were burnt to death while two others were injured after a car they were travelling in caught fire, following an accident near the Permas Jaya Golf Club, along the road heading towards Bakar Batu, early today.
Johor Jaya Fire and Rescue Station (BBP) Operations Commander PBK I Razali Hussein said the department received an emergency call about the incident at about 4.35am.
He said firefighters who arrived at the scene found the car, a Mercedes, believed to have skidded and overturned by the roadside, about 90 per cent burnt.
“Five people were in the car. Two of them were found burnt inside the vehicle, while three others managed to escape from the vehicle before firefighters arrived,” he said in a statement today.
