Fire leaves 21 persons from three families homeless
KUCHING: Twenty-one persons from three families were left homeless after fire razed their houses at Kampung Haji Baki near here this afternoon (June 26). A double-storey house was completely burned down while two others were partly damaged in the incident. A spokesman from the State Fire Department operations centre said there were no casualties or […]
PBB branch repairs two fire-damaged houses
MUKAH: A group from the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Youth Tellian branch offered a helping hand in repairing two houses that were recently damaged in a fire in Kampung Tellian Daya (Tellian Ulu) on Friday. The initiative is part of its community-on-the-go (COTG) programme, which saw a group, led by PBB Youth Kampung Tellian […]
Fire destroys car
KUCHING: Residents had a rude shock when a car parked by the roadside in Kampung Sejingkat, here caught fire early this morning (June 18). A spokesman for the state Fire Department operations centre said they received a distress call on the incident at 2.46am. Firemen from Tabuan Jaya station who were despatched to the scene, […]
Fire leaves family of five homeless
MIRI: A family of five managed to escape unharmed after their house at Jalan Piasau Lorong 1A, here was razed by fire last Wednesday evening (June 16). State Fire and Rescue Department operations centre said they received an emergency call regarding the incident at about 9.40pm. Firefighters from Miri Central Fire and Rescue Station were […]
Fire razes government office
MARUDI: An office unit of a government building at Jalan Sentosa here was razed by fire on this morning (June 16). The Marudi fire station deployed 10 firemen to the scene upon responding to an alert on the incident at 5.55am to extinguish the flames. Miri Fire and Rescue Department chief, Supt Law Poh Kiong, […]
Service centre quick to hand out aid for fire victims
MUKAH: The Tellian Service Centre was quick to hand out aid to victims of a fire within hours after it occurred in Kampung Tellian Daya here on Thursday. Two families comprising nine occupants lost their home when their wooden house was destroyed in a fire which happened at about 3pm on Thursday. All the occupants, […]
Woman suffers burn in early morning blaze
KUCHING: A woman in her 40s suffered burn on her hand in an early morning fire which razed a house in Taman Malihah 2, Jalan Matang here. A spokesperson from Sarawak Fire Department operations centre said firemen from Petra Jaya station were despatched to the scene after receiving a distress call around 3.20am. The team […]
Afternoon fire leaves family homeless
MUKAH: A wooden house in Kampung Tellian Daya (Tellian Ulu) here was destroyed in a fire yesterday afternoon. However, all the occupants, including four children were safe. According to sources from Mukah Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba), a distress call was received at 3.35pm from the public. A fire rescue team (FRT) comprising six personnel […]
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 […]
Aid comes fast to 16 GOF personnel affected by barracks fire
LIMBANG: Sixteen General Operations Force (GOF) personnel here who lost their homes to an early morning fire today (June 1) received immediate assistance from three groups. The aid came from the GOF 12th Battalion’s Police Club, Tabung Surau Darul Ibadah and Persatuan Keluarga-Keluarga Polis (Perkep). Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail said that at the […]
