PETALING JAYA, April 1 -- The gas pipeline fire that broke out this morning in Putra Heights has left some residents who were back in town for the Hari Raya Aidilfitri holidays, stranded.

A resident, K. Caroline whose house is a few hundred metres away from the fire, took nothing but her passport when she saw the massive fire across the road from her house.

"We were back from Singapore for the Hari Raya Aidilfitri holidays, and now this.

"When we ran out of the house, we didn't take anything except my passport, not even clothes.

"I just wanted to rescue my mother and my son who has a hearing impairment. Even his hearing aid is in the house along with my mother's medication," Caroline told Malay Mail when met at the site, which was jus...