KUCHING: A retail shop on a single storey house was badly damaged due to an early morning fire incident at Ana Rais, Puncak Borneo yesterday.
There were four persons staying in the house including a child who managed to escape unharmed.
Kuching Fire and Rescue Services Department received the distressed call at 03.02.00hrs and immediately despatched firemen to the scene to prevent the fire from spreading to nearby houses as the kampung houses are built closely to each other.
According to the operation commander PBK II Albanus Linyan upon reaching the fire scene at 03.59.00hrs they found that the shop was about 90 per cent burned but the fire had been extinguished by the villagers with three units of fire extinguishers.
No fatality was reported but the owner of the premises Daud suffered minor lacerations on his left hand while his wife had minor injuries on her forehead.
They were given early treatment by the fire personnel before being sent to the hospital.
Firemen are estimating the losses and the cause of the fire is still being investigated.
