MAKKAH: Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) reported three more deaths among haj pilgrims.
Sakinah Jalil, 66, from Sungai Buloh, Selangor died in a supermarket in Shisha due to a heart attack at 4.30pm, on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the two other deaths involved a pilgrim from Jengka, Pahang, and Alor Star, Kedah.
Baharuddin Mohd Shood, 75, from Pahang, died on June 11, at 5.10pm due to colon cancer, and Abd Manaf Hanafiah, 65, from Alor Star, Kedah, died of a heart attack at the Makkah Medical Center hospital, on June 13, at 5.30pm.
Prayers for the deceased were performed at the Masjidil Haram mosque before they were buried at the Syaraiee Cemetery.
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs), Datuk Dr Mohd Na'im Mokhtar, said some pilgrims had also been admitted to Tabung Haji Hospital in Shisha due to exposure to the hot weather while they were in Arafah, Muzdalifah and Mina.
"Most of the patients admitted to the hospital were due to the hot weather in Arafah, Muzdalifah and Mina resulting in some pilgrims falling ill due to lung-related problems," he told members of the media after visiting the Tabung Haji Hospital, here yesterday.
Also present were TH chairman Tan Seri Abdul Rashid Hussain, chief executive officer Syed Hamadah Syed Othman, Malaysian haj delegation head Datuk Seri Syed Saleh Syed Abdul Rahman and two board members Datuk Seri Dr Mohammed Azman Aziz Mohammed and Abdul Mokhti Salleh.
TH also reported a kitchen fire in a tent owned by PJH, but the situation was under control and did not interfere with haj operations.
Mohd Na'im said that he was informed of a fire in the kitchen of one of the tents belonging to PJH, but it was controlled from spreading because the fire department arrived quickly.
According to him, the pilgrims who were near the area at the time of the incident were also safe.
"The cause of the fire is still being investigated by the authorities. I thank the fire department for taking quick action and being able to control the situation in a short period of time," he said.