Man left homeless in mid-day fire
LAWAS: A 57-year old man managed to flee from his burning house at Kampung Temangis, Jalan Gaya here this afternoon. Prior to the incident, the house owner identified as John Voo, was sleeping in the room when he saw thick smoke coming into his bedroom. He tried to put out the fire but to no […]
School’s dorm damaged in fire
SIBU: A double-storey dormitory block in Citizen Middle School (Sekolah Menengah Citizen) caught fire early Friday morning (Oct 23). The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre received an emergency call around 7.40am on the incident. A team of firemen from the Sibu central fire and rescue station here was deployed to the fire scene […]
Fire damages excavator at construction site
KUCHING: An excavator caught fire this morning at the Mile 4 flyover construction site. The fire department’s operations centre received an emergency call around 6am on the incident and deployed firefighters from Batu Lintang fire station to the scene. Operations commander Jemiran Kemis reported that the machine parked on the roadside was badly damaged. There […]
Fire damages van, parking space
MIRI: A van and two units of air conditioner compressors were destroyed after fire broke out at a parking compound of a house in Taman Yakin today. Fortunately, no injuries were reported in the incident. A team of firemen from Miri fire station rushed to the scene after responding to an alert on the incident […]
Early morning fire leaves five homeless
IGAN: A family of five, including a two-year-old toddler, had a brush with death when their house at Kampung Skrang here was engulfed in flames today (Oct 15). According to the State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba), six firefighters were despatched to the scene following an alert received at 2.10am. Upon arrival, the firefighters found […]
Car razed in late-night fire
SARATOK: A car caught fire at Kampung Empelam here last Tuesday (Oct 13). According to State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba), six firefighters were despatched to the scene in a response to an alert on the incident received at 10.26pm. Upon their arrival, the car was found 70 percent damaged and the fire was already […]
Fire razes two excavators
KUCHING: Two excavators caught fire at Jalan Diplomatik here last Monday (Oct 12). The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre received a distress call on the incident at 8.40pm and deployed firefighters of Petra Jaya Fire and Rescue Station to the scene. Upon arrival, the excavators were found 90 percent damaged. The firefighters managed […]
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 […]
Two cars destroyed in separate fires
MIRI: A car was destroyed after being engulfed in a fire at a car park. The unfortunate incident occurred nearby a hotel at Jalan Exora here on Tuesday night. The Zone 6 Miri Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) chief Supt Law Poh Kiong said one fire engine with eight firefighters were despatched to the scene […]
Workers’ quarters damaged in fire
KANOWIT: Fire badly damaged a 10-unit row of workers’ quarters at Jalan Durin-Kanowit on Thursday (Sept 24). The Fire and Rescue Department operations centre received a distress call around 7.02pm and deployed firefighters from Kanowit fire station to the scene. Upon arrival, operations commander PPgB Arrahman Chik told that the 40×50 feet quarters was already […]
