PETALING JAYA: Police are investigating the possibility of child neglect that resulted in the death of a four-year-old boy in a fire at a block of low-cost flats in Bukit Jalil today.
Cheras police chief Rosdi Daud said the fire had started in a flat where six children, aged between nine months and 10 years, were believed to have been left at home alone.
“Initial investigations found that their mother had gone out to buy food,” he said in a statement.
Rosdi said neighbours rushed to help and saved the other children, but the boy was trapped inside the main bedroom, which was already in flames.
The Kuala Lumpur fire and rescue department said about 80% of the flat was destroyed. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.