SUBANG JAYA, April 12 -- Jaleha Jali was frying cekodok, a traditional banana fritter dessert, on the morning of April 1 when she fled her house with her two grandchildren toward the riverbank.

The 68-year-old fell several times trying to keep pace with her grandchildren who ran ahead of her.

"I ran after I heard the first blast. My neighbours didn't even have time to put on their slippers; fortunately I wear slippers in the house anyway so I ran with those," said Jaleha when met at the Putra Heights Mosque temporary relief centre.

That morning, at approximately 8.10am, the Petronas gas pipeline near Kampung Kuala Sungai Baru exploded, sending a massive heatwave towards homes located between 100 and 600 metres away, reducing houses, ve...