21.   Firemen had to rescue several drivers who ignored signs advising them that roads were closed because of flooding.

22.   Firemen had to saw off the roof of the car to extricate the bodies.

23.   FIREMEN will have more paramedic services and a medical director to upgrade the emergency medical assistance service, the government says.

24.   Government radio said firemen had to cut five of them from under the mangled remains of the platform they had been standing on.

25.   He added that firemen had to break the third floor windows to spray water into the building and to prevent it from spreading.

26.   He said firemen had to dig up the ground to douse the fires to prevent it from spreading.

27.   However, the firemen had to continue with their operations till late afternoon as the fire was still smothering.

28.   It said firemen had to cut five of them from under the mangled remains of the platform they had been standing on.

29.   Mohd Shoki said firemen had to use water pumped from a nearby river tofight the blaze.

30.   The tenants were gone at the time, so firemen had to break down the door to put out the blaze before it could spread.