Homeless man rescued from 2.44-metre drain in Kajang

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The victim was extricated from the drain in about 10 minutes and was not injured. - Photo courtesy of the Fire and Rescue Department

KAJANG - Fire and Rescue Department personnel rescued a homeless man after getting trapped in a 2.44-metre drain on Jalan Tun Abdul Aziz here earlier today.

Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director Ahmad Mukhlis Mukhtar said the public alerted the fire department at 8.24am.

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The victim was extricated from the drain in about 10 minutes and was not injured. - Photo courtesy of the Fire and Rescue Department

"A team of firefighters from the Kajang Fire and Rescue Station rushed to the scene and rescued the victim, a local man in his 40s, who was discovered by members of the public in the vicinity," he said in a statement today.

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The victim was extricated from the drain in about 10 minutes and was not injured.