SIBU: Deputy Minister of Public Health, Housing, and Local Government Michael Tiang Ming Tee handed over a donation of RM30,000 to the hawkers affected by the fire at the Tapang temporary stall site on Wednesday (Feb 15).
Tiang, who is also the Pelawan assemblyman, said according to the plan, the hawkers at the temporary site should move back to Taman Selera Muhibbah, which has been upgraded, next week.
“It’s a pity that the fire today interrupted the plan. I have decided to make this donation to help ease the burden of the affected hawkers,” he said on his Facebook yesterday (Feb 16).
A total of nine food stalls at the Taman Muhibbah temporary hawker centre, Jalan Tapang Timur 2 were destroyed in the fire on Wednesday.
Sungai Merah fire station received a distress call at 1 pm and firefighters were promptly deployed to the scene, some 3km from the station, to commence extinguishing work.
The flames were brought under control at 1.07 pm and completely extinguished at 1.56 pm.
No injuries or casualties were reported in the incident.
