PRIME Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has extended his condolences to the family of a fireman who died early today after a mishap during a flood evacuation operation in Malacca yesterday.

In a Facebook post, Ismail expressed condolences to the staff of the Melaka Fire and Rescue Department over the loss of their colleague, Mohd Diya Che Jusoh, 46, who died at 3.11am at the Malacca Hospital. 

“I pray that we have strength in facing this bereavement. May his soul be showered with blessings and placed among the righteous,” he said in the post.

Diya was believed to have been securing a line at 5.30pm yesterday to help evacuate residents of Kg Sungai Putat in Ayer Keroh when he lost consciousness and fell into the swift floodwaters.

Fellow firefighters quickly pulled him out of the water and sent him to hospital. – Bernama, October 21, 2021.