CIDB issues apology, retracts statement on gas pipeline inferno

CIDB issues apology, retracts statement on gas pipeline inferno

Decision made to avoid pre-empting ongoing investigations, it adds.

CIDB Retracts Statement, Pledges Full Support For Putra Heights Explosion Probe

Subscribe to our FREE Newsletter, or Telegram and WhatsApp channels for the latest stories and updates. The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) has retracted a statement it made earlier regarding the gas pipeline explosion that rocked Putra Heights on Wednesday, New Straits Times reported. The initial statement, issued on the evening of 2 March, claimed that no construction works had been carried out at the blast site on the day of th…

CIDB issues apology, retracts statement on devastating gas pipeline inferno

In its latest statement, CIDB explained that the decision was made to avoid preempting the ongoing investigation, which involves multiple authorities....

No work was carried out at site on day of fire, says construction body

Selangor CIDB also says the construction of double-storey shoplots, which social media users had linked to the blast, was in fact 30 metres away from the site.

A gas pipeline exploded on Thursday morning in Illarsaz, one of the villages in the commune of Collombey-Muraz (VS). A house was destroyed by the deflagration. No wounded is to be deplored.