MIRI: A garbage truck caught fire in front of the 12th Battalion of General Operations Force headquarters along Miri-Bintulu road around 7.40am today.
Miri Central Fire and Rescue Station rushed 10 firemen to the scene, which is located about four kilometres from the fire station after receiving a distress call on the garbage truck fire, said Miri Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) chief Law Poh Kiong.
“Upon arrival at the scene, firefighters found a garbage truck had caught fire and managed to successfully extinguished the fire,” he said.
It was reported that the fire had damaged 50 per cent of the truck, and one of the three passengers in it had reportedly suffered slight injury while the other two were unhurt.
The operation ended at 9.40am.
The cause of fire is yet to be ascertained.
The incident had also caused a massive traffic jam.