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.

Thirty-three people were injured and six of those hospitalised in Malaysia after a fire at a gas pipeline operated by state energy firm Petronas near the capital Kuala Lumpur, the fire department said.

A fireball erupted Tuesday in a suburb outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, injuring at least 145 people and prompting evacuations.