House partially razed in mid-day fire
KOTA SAMARAHAN: A single-storey terrace house at Taman Berlian Stabil, here was partially razed in a mid-day fire on Saturday. The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre received a distress call around 12.15pm and deployed firefighters from Kota Samarahan Fire and Rescue Station to the scene. The firefighters succeeded in putting out the fire […]
Blaze burns house to ground
KUCHING: A double-storey house was engulfed in a fire at Jalan Pisang Barat, here on Tuesday (Sept 22) evening. The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) received a distress call at 4.35pm and deployed firefighters from Batu Lintang and Padungan fire and rescue stations to the scene. Upon arrival, operations commander PBK II Patrick Maong informed […]
Mayor inspects scene of fire
KUCHING: Kuching South City Hall (MBKS) mayor Datuk Wee Hong Seng paid a visit to the fire scene in Pending area here on Thursday morning, said a statement. The fire that broke out the same morning affected a semi-detached warehouse. Although no casualty occurred, the family that looked after the premises lost their belongings. Datuk […]
Four escape from burning house
SIBU: Four occupants of a house managed to escape when the parking space and living room of their two-storey house caught fire. This incident occurred at Lorong Ulu Sungai Merah, here at 10pm on Wednesday. Firemen from Sibu Fire Station were despatched to the scene upon receiving a distress call about the incident. The firemen […]
Damaged longhouse survivors given aid
MUKAH: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Balingian came forward to lend a helping hand to the survivors whose homes were hit by strong winds recently. Concerned with the disaster that blew away the roofs of a longhouse Rumah Randi Enteba at Batu 16, Jalan Selangau – Mukah on Aug 23, PBB Balingian visited and presented […]
Checking on storm survivors
WELFARE KUCHING: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Satok deputy chairman Datuk Ibrahim Baki had a busy day today visiting some storm survivors in Kampung Ajibah Abol here. “In our walkabout today (Saturday), we monitored the current progress of repair work on houses damaged by a windstorm last Saturday. “We wanted to make sure that the […]
Cracks force family to move out
MIRI: Excessive rainfall since Saturday damaged the ceiling, wall and floor of a house in Sibuti, forcing a family of 14, including six children, to vacate the premises. According to the house owner, Roymond Kenchendai Agan, 64, he noticed cracks in the ground outside his house at 2am on Sunday. “I immediately told my family […]
