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Five shops affected, no casualties

KUCHING: Five shops at Ewe Hai Street here faced a fire outbreak today (Mar 8), with three completely consumed by flames and two partially damaged. Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) deputy director, Tiong Ling Hii, said that a team of 35 firefighters from Tabuan Jaya, Padungan, and Batu Lintang fire stations was dispatched to […]

Landslide wipes out key bridge

KAPIT: The Nanga Tisa Bridge, which connects two longhouses, collapsed due to a landslide at Sungai Yong, Jalan Bukit Goram, this morning (Mar 4). The bridge, used by residents of Rh Roland Stork and Rh Ngelai to access the main road, was badly damaged. Although the exact number of residents affected by the incident is […]

Elderly tenants escape unharmed from fire

BINTANGOR: Two tenants managed to evacuate safely after their two-storey house caught fire at Jalan Ulu Mador here today (Mar 4). A spokesperson for the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said that firefighters from the Bintangor station were dispatched to the scene, approximately 19 km away, after receiving a distress call at 11.28 am. Upon […]

15 left homeless in pre-dawn fire

KUCHING: Fifteen residents were left with nothing but clothes on their backs after their single-storey house in Kampung Haji Baki here was completely engulfed by a wee-hour fire today (Mar 3). No injuries or casualties were reported as the residents managed to evacuate themselves to safety in the 2.44 am incident. A spokesman for the […]

Woman, 20, found dead in locked car

IPOH: A woman was found dead in a locked car in the parking lot in front of the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital Specialist Clinic here, yesterday. Perak Fire and Rescue Department assistant director (Operations) Sabarodzi Nor Ahmad said that the department received the call at 6.07 pm before the team arrived at the scene at […]

Man dies after falling from bridge

KUCHING: A local man was pronounced dead after he allegedly fell into the river from the Batang Salak Bridge today (Feb 20). A spokesman for the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) identified the deceased as Voon Nyuk Shii, aged 34. Firefighters from the Petra Jaya station were dispatched to the scene at Jalan FAC after […]

Three injured after Serian-bound car crashes into ditch

SIBURAN: Three individuals sustained injuries, including a woman, following a car accident along Jalan Kuching-Siburan early this morning (Feb 18). The victims, believed to be a couple and their relative, were en route to Serian when their vehicle skidded and crashed into a ditch at approximately 5.17am. A spokesman for the State Fire and Rescue […]

16 rescued after elevator mishap

KUCHING: Sixteen individuals experienced a moment of claustrophobic panic when they became trapped in an elevator at the UTC Kuching building yesterday (Feb 17). Firefighters from Padungan station were dispatched to the scene after being alerted of the incident at 4.30pm. Upon arrival, they had to use a crowbar to pry open the elevator doors […]

Fire razes house, leaving four homeless

MIRI: A family of four here were left homeless in a fire yesterday (Feb 13). Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) Zone 6 fire investigation division head Awangku Mohd Hazmin Awang Zainal said that as soon as they received a distress call at 5.57 pm, seven firefighters were despatched from Miri Sentral to the scene. When the […]

Batu Kitang assemblyman pushes for Bomba station in his constituency

KUCHING: Batu Kitang assemblyman Datuk Lo Khere Chiang is advocating for the establishment of a critically needed fire and rescue (Bomba) station within his constituency. During his Chinese New Year Open House at Jalan Stapok Avenue on Sunday (Feb 11), he stressed the necessity of such infrastructure for the area’s development. “In our progress, the […]