Fire spreads smoke over KL

Fire spreads smoke over KL

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): A smoldering fire at a rubbish dump on the outskirts of Malaysia's capital yesterday spread a thick cloud of smoke over the city, residents said.

A police spokeswoman told Reuters the blaze had broken out Thursday evening in the sprawling dump on the southeastern edge of Kuala Lumpur and was still burning yesterday.

Reuters photographer Vincent Thian said the fire was sending up a thick cloud of black smoke carried by winds toward the heart of the capital, some 15 kilometers away.

"There are no flames but lots of smoke," he said, speaking by telephone from the dump site in Ulu Langat near Cheras town in Selangor state, which borders Kuala Lumpur.