BINTANGOR: Firefighters managed to prevent a bigger disaster in a bush fire at Jalan Tung Ah, Tulai here yesterday.
Bintangor Fire and Rescue Station chief Nicholas Belulin said his team rushed to the scene about 19 kilometres from the fire station after receiving an emergency call at 11.40pm.
“It took us about an hour to put out this fire. The fire spread fast due to the hot and dry weather condition. It was completely extinguished around 12.50pm,” he said when contacted by the media.
Nicholas said preliminary investigations revealed that the fire was caused by uncontrolled open burning.
The fire destroyed one acre of land. There were no reports of injuries resulting from the fire.
Nicholas said the firemen had to make sure the fire was completely doused before returning to station.
