Body given 100 fire extinguishers
KUCHING: A total of 100 units of fire extinguisher were given to Segu Bunuk Association. These units were received during a handover ceremony held at the multipurpose hall of Kampung Punau on Sunday (Sept 20). Puncak Borneo Member of Parliament Willie Mongin officiated at the handover. In his speech he said fire incidents had caused […]
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 […]
Public members save room in fire
KUCHING: Some members of the public managed to save a room from being totally razed. They succeeded in extinguishing the fire from razing a room at Kampung Rampangi on Saturday (Sept 19) – thereby saving firemen the trouble. According to a statement by Sarawak Bomba Operations Centre, a distress call was received at 2.50pm whereby […]
Ten family members flee blazing home
ASAJAYA: Ten family members managed to escape a fiery death when their single-storey house at Kampung Jemukan Laut here was razed by fire on Friday night. According to the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre (PGO), fire fighters from Asajaya fire station were despatched to the scene after receiving a distress call around 8.20pm […]
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 […]
Fire damages two factory premises
KUCHING: Two factory premises were almost destroyed completely after being engulfed in severe fire, at Jalan Gedung on Thursday (September 10). According to State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said a distress call about the incident was received around 7.10am. It immediately despatched a team of firefighters to the scene which was located behind the […]
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 […]
Fire razes car
KUCHING: A car was completely razed by fire at Jalan Green Road here today. According to the State Fire and Rescue (Bomba) operations centre, a team of firefighters from Batu Lintang station was immediately despatched to the scene after it received a distress call about the fire at 12.08am. Ten firefighters, one first response team […]
Grocery store catches fire
SIBU: A grocery store in the old Sungai Merah market building caught fire on today. According to the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre, two teams of firefighters from the Sungai Merah and Sibu fire stations were deployed to scene after receiving a distress call around 12.53am. No casualties were reported during the incident […]
Storeroom destroyed in fire
TANJUNG MANIS: A storeroom near a worker’s house was engulfed in a fire on Saturday morning (Aug 22). According to the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre (PGO) in a statement, a distress call was received around 11.09pm. A team of firemen from Tanjung Manis Fire and Rescue Station was then deployed to […]
