Fire razes 12-door longhouse
TUBAU: A 12-door longhouse — Rumah Rentap — at Sungai Rasan here was razed by fire on Monday (May 24) Bintulu fire chief Christus Buson said a distress call was received at 2.59pm. “Upon firefighters arrival at the scene, about 91km from the station, the fire had already caused 70 percent damage to the longhouse. “The firemen managed […]
Fire razes flooded shophouses
LONG LAMA (Miri): Severe flooding in Long Lama on Friday hampered firefighters’ efforts to extinguish a blaze that destroyed three units of shophouses here. Fortunately, there were no injuries or casualties reported in the 11pm incident. According to Miri Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) Zone 6 chief Supt Law Poh Kiong, the fire incident was […]
Driver and passengers escape bus fire
SIBU: A bus driver and two passengers had a close shave this morning – they escaped from being burned alive after the bus they were on, burst into flames. The incident happened at Jalan Rantau Panjang here at 8.45am today (April 2). A spokesman for the State Fire Department operations centre said firemen from Sungai Merah were despatched to the scene but when they arrived at the scene they were met with the skeletal remains of the bus. The bus driver and two passengers managed to get out to safety. “The bus driver claimed that the fire started from the engine compartment and spread to the rest of the vehicle,” the spokesman said. In Simunjan, a paddy storehouse in Kampung Sungai Apin, Simunjan, was razed to the ground around 11.45am today. Firemen from Simunjan extinguishing the flames. No casualties were reported. And in Miri, some generators and oil tanks caught fire at Jalan Desa Senadin around 7.55am. The fire, believed to have started from welding works, was put out by firemen from Lopeng fire station.
Foreign workers escape quarters fire
DARO: Sixteen foreign plantation workers had a rude awakening when their quarters at Ladang Tutus, caught fire in the wee hours today (April 2). Upon receiving an emergency call at 1.49am, firemen from Daro had to take a 45km journey to the scene. By the time they arrived, the flames had already destroyed the seven-unit workers quarters. The Indonesian plantation workers managed to get out to safety before the fire engulfed their quarters. One of them sustained minor burns to the arm and was taken to Daro Hospital for treatment. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.
Three school blocks destroyed in morning fire
MUKAH: Three building blocks of SK Campuran Daro were completely destroyed by an early morning fire today. The blaze happened at 6.40am and firemen from Daro were immediately deployed to the scene to stop it from spreading to nearby buildings. Upon arriving, the team found that the destroyed blocks comprised a teachers’ quarters, a store […]
Temple receives aid after fire
MUKAH: The management committee of Mukah Tua Pek Kong temple here received financial aid from Tellian Service Centre today (March 5) after a fire damaged the temple’s rumah wakaf cum store on Thursday night. Tellian assemblyman Yussibnosh Balo handed over a cheque amounting to RM10,000 to committee chairman Leong King Lee at the temple today. […]
Fire destroys Tua Pek Kong premises
MUKAH: A rumah wakaf cum store belonging to Mukah Tua Pek Kong temple was destroyed in a fire on Thursday night. The fire which occurred at about 8.20pm damaged most parts of the building, situated next to the temple at Jalan Boyan here. Mukah Fire and Rescue Department in its statement on Friday, said a […]
Pre-dawn fire partially razes departmental store
SERIAN: Fire partially razed two floors of a departmental store at Jalan Simanggang here this morning. Firemen from Serian and Siburan fire stations were dispatched to the scene of the incident which occurred around 4.30am. Serian fire chief, James Gani said upon arriving, the teams had to break into the premises to carry out extinguishing […]
Fire breaks out at processing, storage facility
KUCHING: A fire broke out at a building at Taman Janting, Jalan Batu Kawa here this afternoon (Mar 3). The State Fire and Rescue Department’s (Bomba) operations centre said the fire department was initially led to believe that the fire broke out at a residential building in the area according to a distress call received […]
Afternoon fire razes workers’ living quarters
MIRI: Fire razed three blocks of workers’ living quarters at a construction site in Jalan Pujut 7, here today (Feb 18). There were no reports of casualties as all 20 residents living in the quarters managed to escape the blaze unharmed. The State Fire and Rescue Department operations centre received a distress call on the […]
