Scores of people in Malaysia were being treated in hospitals on Tuesday after a huge fire broke out at a gas pipeline operated by state energy giant Petronas, showering flaming debris from the sky and shattering windows.

Terengganu local government, housing and health committee deputy chairman Saiful Azmi Suhaili said that as most of the methane gas being channelled throughout the peninsula came from the state, there is a lot of pressure on the state government to ensure gas pipelines are safe.

A gas pipeline explosion near Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia on Tuesday led to a massive fire, affecting more than 100 people, reported the Times of India, citing sources. Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas reported that the blaze started at the pipeline operated by its subsidiary Petronas Gas Berhad (PGB) at 8:10am.