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Woman saves house from fire

KUCHING: A middle–aged woman’s quick action to put out a kitchen fire saved a single-storey residential building, but her brave effort resulted in her sustaining an injury on the leg. The Fire and Rescue Department received a call around 8.11am today (Dec 5) that there was an explosion in a house at Jalan Nyatoh, Kampung […]

Two drivers sustain minor injuries in crash

BINTULU: Two male drivers sustained minor injuries following a two-vehicle collision near the Mile 2 traffic light intersection on Saturday (Dec 3). According to Bintulu Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) chief Wan Kamaruddin Wan Ahmad, the accident involving a sedan and a pickup truck happened around 9.15pm. Firemen from Bintulu station were promptly deployed to […]

Three left homeless in Kg Lintang Balingian blaze

MUKAH: An evening inferno engulfed a double-storey house in Kampung Lintang Balingian and left three tenants with nothing but clothes on their backs last night (Dec 3). The tenants aged between 64 and 80, who escaped the 7pm incident without injuries, are currently staying with their relatives temporarily. A spokesman from the Fire and Rescue […]

Motorcycle burst into flames after crash with pickup

BETONG: Two men survived a collision with a pickup causing their motorcycle to burst into flames. At 3.40pm today, an emergency call was received by the State Fire and Rescue Operations Centre (Bomba) regarding a collision between a pickup vehicle and a motorcycle. Firemen from Betong Bomba station was deployed to the incident location on […]

Woman, two children severely injured in MPV-pickup crash

KOTA SAMARAHAN: A woman and two children survived a horrific road collision but sustained serious injuries. A spokesperson from the State Fire and Rescue Operations Centre (Bomba) said an emergency call was received at 1.49pm (Dec 2) that there was a road accident at Jalan Meranek, Kota Samarahan. The operations centre dispatched a rescue team […]

Three made homeless in early morning fire

BINTANGOR: A wee hour fire had caused a family of three to be homeless after destroying a single-storey house along Jalan Sungai Meliu Mador today (Dec 1). Fortunately, the 43-year-old father and his children aged 20 and 18, managed to get out to safety and they did not sustain any injuries in the 1.20am incident. […]

Early morning fire destroys workers’ quarters

KUCHING: A workers’ quarters along Jalan Datuk Stephen Yong, was razed to the ground in a wee hour fire today (Nov 30). A spokesman from the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said firemen from Batu Lintang station were deployed to the scene after receiving a distress call around 2.25am. On arrival, the team found that […]

Young lad dies in lorry-car crash near Kg Jirok

SERIAN: An 18-year-old man died from injuries following a fatal head-on collision along Jalan Serian-Sri Aman last night (Nov 29). The accident involving a Perodua Alza and a 10-tonnes lorry happened around 10.20pm near Kampung Jirok. A spokesman from the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said the impact of the collision had caused the car […]

Fire claims lives of mother cat, kitten in Matang

KUCHING: An early morning fire has claimed the lives of a mother cat and its kitten after a room used to shelter pet cats caught fire today (Nov 28). The 6.35am incident happened inside a room on the ground floor of a double-storey house along Jalan M Avenue, Matang. It was also reported that two […]

One sustains serious injuries in ravine mishap

KANOWIT: A woman sustained severe injuries while two men sustained minor injuries after they were involved in an accident near Kampung Rasan, Machan town yesterday evening. The accident happened around 4.35pm when a pickup truck transporting a load of oil palm fruits, had swerved off the road and fell into a 16-foot deep ravine. A […]