Residents save longhouse from being destroyed by fire
MIRI: Swift action by longhouse dwellers saved a 25-door-longhouse from being destroyed in a fire in Batu Niah. The State Fire and Rescue operation centre said a team of firefighters were dispatched from Batu Niah to Kampung Sungai Teh, Ulu Suai, near the site of the incident after the centre received an emergency 999 call. […]
Quick action by villagers saves longhouse from fire
ROBAN: Quick action by residents saves a longhouse from being destroyed in a fire at Kampung Pelasuk here last Friday. Sarikei fire chief Mahmudin Narudin said they received a distress call around 10.40pm on the incident and his men were quickly deployed to the scene. Firemen from Saratok were also deployed to assist in the […]
Fire razes Pa Derung longhouse, leaves 21 homeless
KUCHING: Mulu assemblyman Datuk Gerawat Gala will request the government to help rebuild the Pa Derung longhouse in Bario which was razed to the ground early last Friday leaving 21 villagers homeless. He said a committee would be formed to oversee the rebuilding of the longhouse. “Today (Mar 19), I went to Bario to visit […]
MCC donates daily provisions to fire victims
MIRI: Miri City Council (MCC) responded to a call for help from residents affected by a fire outbreak which damaged their longhouse at Kampung Pa’Derung Bario last night (Mar 18). Under the advice of Miri City Mayor Adam Yii, and as part of its corporate social responsibility, MCC has arranged to provide the fire victims […]
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 […]
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 […]
Kg Semban fire victims get help from charitable NGO
KUCHING: Seven fire victims from Kampung Semban, Puncak Borneo received aid from charitable NGO Hope Place on Wednesday (March 3). “We received a call yesterday (March 2). The victims lost all their clothes, food, and padi harvest in the fire that happened on March 1. Thankfully, no one was injured,” Hope Place said in a […]
Fire leaves family of seven homeless
PADAWAN: A family of seven was rendered homeless after their house in Kampung Semban here was gutted in a fire on Monday (Mar 1) night. The state Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre said an emergency call on the incident was received at 11.35pm and firemen from Bau and Siburan fire stations were deployed […]
Night fire destroys unoccupied house
KUCHING: An uninhabited double-storey house at Lorong Kedandi 4, Tabuan Jaya here, has been gutted by a fire. The incident happened around 10.38pm last Friday. Firemen from Tabuan Jaya, Batu Lintang and Padungan who were despatched to the scene confirmed that the semi-detached house was indeed empty. As such no one was injured, and people […]
