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Firemen stop bushfire from spreading

MIRI: Eight firemen from Miri Central fire station, successfully put out a bushfire near a Christian cemetery along the Miri-Bintulu Road yesterday’s morning (19 April). The bushfire also happened near the Battalion 12th General Operations Force (PGA) Miri camp.  “It was a small bushfire and our men successfully contained it from spreading further,” said Zone […]

Fire destroys lorry, bikes

KOTA SAMARAHAN: A lorry and several motorcycles were destroyed in a fire at Taman Tiya Vista today (March 30).   A spokesperson from the Sarawak Fire Department operations centre said it received a distress call around 12.10pm and despatched firemen from Kota Samarahan and Tabuan Jaya to the scene. When the firemen arrived, the fire […]

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 […]

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 […]

SK Ulu Yong under devt office radar

KAPIT: Director of Sarawak Development Office Datuk Hasnul Mohamed paid a working visit to SK Ulu Yong over the weekend to attend the briefing of the recent fire that destroyed one block of boy’s hostel and one unit of semi-detached teacher’s quarters built adjacent to one another. He also handed over the RM5,000 to the […]

Late night fire guts school hostel

SIBU: Ten pupils managed to escape a fire that razed their hostel at Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Ulu Yong, Kapit last Wednesday. According to State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba), a distress call on the incident was received at 11.39pm. Following the call, Kapit Fire and Rescue Station (BBP) despatched a team of 12 firefighters and […]

Telaga Air fire leaves 18 homeless

KUCHING: Eighteen people were left homeless after their houses at Jalan Matang, Kampung Telaga Air were razed to the ground Thursday night. The State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) received a distress call at 11.44pm regarding the blaze. Following the call, a team of firemen from Petra Jaya fire station were despatched to the scene. […]

Blaze leaves 11 homeless

MIRI: Eleven people were left homeless after fire razed two wooden houses in Tudan on Saturday afternoon. Firemen from Miri and Lopeng fire stations were rushed to the scene upon receiving an emergency alert on the incident at 2.54pm. The houses were completely destroyed by the time the firemen arrived. The firemen however, managed to […]

50 pct of forest fire in Kuala Langat put out

KUALA LANGAT: The Selangor Fire and Rescue Department has put out nearly 50 percent of the fire engulfing some 50 hectares of forest areas nearby the Kuala Langat Selatan Forest Reserve here over the past few days. Its director Norazam Khamis said the fire fighting operation may take several more days due to the current […]