MIRI: Nineteen persons including seven children were made homeless after a fire destroyed their seven-door wooden quarters in Kuala Baram here Thursday night.
Two vehicles parked near the quarters were also destroyed.
There were no injuries but the victims, believed to be workers of a sawmill, were left with only the clothes on their backs.
The fire did a quick job of the wooden structures, giving the victims no time to think of what to save except themselves.
A team of 15 firefighters from the Miri and Lopeng fire stations were deployed to the scene after responding to a distress call at 10.46pm.
Miri Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) chief Supt Law Poh Kiong when contacted said the firemen managed put out the fire by 11.23pm.
The cause of the fire and loss to properties are still being ascertained.
