20 dead in bus-oil tanker collision in Pakistan’s Punjab
ISLAMABAD: At least 20 people were burnt to death and six others injured after a passenger bus collided with an oil tanker near the Jalalpur Pirwala district of Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, local media reported. According to the reports, the accident took place at the motorway in the wee hours of Tuesday when both vehicles […]
Woman burnt to death in horrific crash
LIMBANG: A woman was burnt to death when the car she was travelling in burst into flames in a crash at Jalan Nanga Medamit on this morning. According to the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba), the victim was driving a Proton Saga car. Firefighters from the Limbang station rushed to the scene after receiving a […]
Flaming van takes two lives
SIBU: Two individuals were burned to death when their van burst into flames after it crashed into a tree along Jalan Khong Yit Khim, here early this morning. The unfortunate incident happened around 5.10am when the van was heading to the town centre. Firemen from Sibu central station were promptly despatched to the scene, about 17km […]
Elderly motorist perishes in fiery death
MIRI: An elderly man was burnt to death after a car he was driving skidded and crashed into a tree near Miri Public Park along Jalan Miri-Bintulu on Wednesday night (Sept 1). Following the crash, the car then burst into flames, killing 61-year-old Tan Kaw Tee on the spot. State Fire and Rescue Department operation […]
Mother called daughter for help before perishing in fire
KUALA TERENGGANU: When 47-year-old Zailah Jusoh received a frantic phone call from her wheelchair-bound mother at 10.30am today (June 7), she thought that something must have happened to her father. Little did she know then, but her 79-year-old mother, Fatimah Mohd, was later found burnt to death following a fire at her parent’s wooden house […]
Man’s body found in burning car
MIRI: The body of a man was found in a burning car at Jalan Nasturium, Taman Yun Fah this afternoon (March 31). A team of firemen from the Lopeng fire station was deployed to the scene in response to a distressed call about the fire at 1.12pm. The body of the man was seen in […]
Fire razes four houses, man burns to death
SIBU: The scorched remains of a man were found in one of four houses destroyed by a fire in the wee hours on Monday (Mar 29). The fire which started around 1.50am blazed its way across two rows of wooden buildings made up of 14 units of houses at Tiong Hua Road. Sibu police chief […]
Elderly woman burnt to death in house fire
TUMPAT: A septuagenarian was burnt to death in a pre-dawn fire which razed her house at Jalan Lama Wakaf Bharu here. The charred remains of Zainab Abdul Rahman, 76, were found by firefighters who were inspecting the scene after putting out the fire. Kota Bharu Zone Fire and Rescue chief Senior Fire Superintendent II Syobirin […]
