PRAI: An overheated chemical gas tank at a factory here, yesterday, sent its workers helter-skelter.
They were sure that a leak was inevitable.
A fireman spokesman said the Prai station received a distress call from the plastic factory in Jalan Perusahaan 4 about 4.50pm.
He said the caller had alerted the station that the content of an industrial gas in the tank had dropped to below 20 per cent, far exceeding the average quantity.
"A thermometer showed that the temperature inside the tank had soared to 44 degree celcius and that this could lead to a potential leakage.
"Our team arrived at the scene to cool the overheated gas tank down. Nineteen firemen used seven sets of rubber hose to spray water onto the tank," he said adding that no one was injured in the incident.
The firemen wrapped up their operations in half an hour.
The cause of the overheating has yet to be determined.