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House saved from inferno

BINTANGOR: A fire occurred at a house in Taman Dayang Saniah, Jalan Abang Amin this morning, destroying two bedrooms of the double-storey house. A team of firefighters were deployed to the scene after receiving a distress call around 9.10am. Upon arrival, the team confirmed the two bedrooms that were on fire and immediately proceeded with […]

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 […]

Two houses destroyed in fire

BINTULU: Two terrace houses here in Jalan Durian Burung, Taman Lucky were destroyed while two others were damaged in a fire today. Bintulu fire chief Christus Buson said they received a distress call at 2.09pm and despatched their men to the scene. Upon arrival, they found that the fire began from the upper floor of […]

A fire each in Tatau and Samalaju

BINTULU: It was a busy night for firemen in Tatau and Samalaju where they were deployed to put out two separate fires. The first was last Friday (Jan 8) and it was a control panel fire in a boiler room at Jalan Tun Hussein Onn. Firemen from Tatau fire station were despatched to the scene […]

Four houses, two vehicles destroyed in afternoon blaze

MIRI: Four houses in three residential lots at Jalan Taman Desa Tudan were destroyed by a fire this afternoon (Jan 1). The State Fire Department operations centre received an emergency call around 1.29pm and despatched firemen from Lopeng and Miri fire stations to the scene. But by the time the firefighters arrived at the scene, […]

Car catches fire

KUCHING: Firefighters in the state might have had a less hectic year end, but still they were always prepared for any eventuality. Bomba personnel were summoned to put out a car fire along Jalan Riih Mongkos, Serian at 8.25pm yesterday (Dec 31).  Firemen from the Serian fire station were despatched to the scene and they […]

Fires destroy property worth RM46.8mln throughout 2020

KUCHING: A total of RM 46.89 million (7.68 percent) worth of property had gone up in the smokes throughout 2020, Sarawak Fire and Rescue department (Bomba) director Khirudin Drahman reveals. He said the main culprit of the loss in property was mainly human negligence. “70 percent of the main culprits over fire is because of […]

Tenants stops fire from spreading

SIBU: Swift action by the tenants of a rented house at Lorong 9, Taman Permy Jaya here saved the residence from burning to the ground. The Fire and Rescue Department operations centre said, however, a bedroom was destroyed by the fire which occurred at about 10.49am. However, the blaze was successfully extinguished by the tenants […]

Police patrol car, rental room catch fire

SIBU: Four security personnel escaped alive after the police patrol car they were in caught fire at Jalan Sungai Assan-Jalan Paradom intersection here yesterday. The State Fire and Rescue Department operations centre despatched firemen from Sibu Fire and Rescue Station to the scene after receiving an emergency call on the incident at 8.50pm. Upon arrival, […]

Kitchen destroyed by fire

BINTULU: A kitchen of a semi-detached house at Taman Puteri here was destroyed in an early morning fire yesterday (25 Dec). No injuries were reported in the 3.35am incident. The Sarawak Fire and Rescue (Bomba) operations centre said a team of seven firemen from the Bintulu fire station was deployed to the scene after the […]