NILAI: A massive blaze destroyed a carpet manufacturing factory at the Nilai 3 Industrial Area near here.

A Fire and Rescue Department spokesman said his men received a distress call at its MERS 999 line at around 7.50am Friday (Feb 21).

"When my men arrived just after 8am, the factory was ablaze.

"About 80% of the factory was already destroyed by then," he said in a statement Friday.