Longhouse resident loses belongings in fire
MIRI: A 76 year-old longhouse resident from Tuai Rumah Apin Suyung, Bakong, lost some of his belongings when fire engulfed an outdoor shed that is used as a storage early this morning. A total of six Iban traditional jars (Tajau Iban) were among items that were destroyed in the incident besides some power equipment, two […]
Storage room at teachers quarters catches fire
KAPIT: A storage room at SMK Kapit No. 2 teachers quarters in Jalan Bleteh here caught fire on Monday (Oct 31). The blaze occurred on the second floor at around 4.40pm and firefighters from the Kapit station were dispatched to the location. The team confirmed that a room, which had been turned into a store, […]
Blaze leaves workers’ lodging in ruins
SIBU: A two-storey workers quarters was razed to the ground. However, its occupants are safe from harm. The State Fire and Rescue Operations Centre (Bomba) received an emergency call about a workers’ lodging was on fire at 1.53pm today. It deployed firefighters from Sungai Merah Bomba station to the incident location at a timber factory […]
Father, son left homeless after fire guts house in Sematan
LUNDU: A father and his son were left homeless after their single-storey house in Kampung Trusan Jaya, Sematan, was razed to the ground this morning (Oct 26). Fortunately, the tenants aged 67 and 31, managed to get out to safety without sustaining any injuries. A spokesman from the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said firemen […]
Grocery shop ruined by blaze
SIBU: The ground floor of a two-storey grocery shop at Taman Rejang here was destroyed in an early morning blaze today. Sibu Fire and Rescue chief Suna Kaha, in a statement yesterday said that 19 personnel from Sibu Central and Sungai Merah fire stations were deployed to the scene after receiving a call at 5.44am. […]
Blaze leaves terraced house slightly destroyed
SIBU: A two-storey terraced house living room at Lorong Salim 21B/2 here was 30 per cent destroyed by a fire on yesterday (Oct 24). Sibu Fire and Rescue chief Suna Kaha, in a statement yesterday said that firemen from Sibu Central Fire Station were deployed to the scene after receiving a call at 6.30 pm. […]
11 made homeless after morning inferno guts double-storey house
KUCHING: Eleven residents were left homeless after their double-storey house was razed to the ground at Jalan Datuk Ajibah Abol here this morning (Oct 23). Fortunately, no injuries or casualties were reported in the morning blaze as the tenants comprising of seven men, two women and two children, were not present at home during the […]
Sedan catches on fire along Kota Samarahan road
KUCHING: A sedan vehicle was completely burned along a road in Kota Samarahan before midnight yesterday. According to the State Fire and Rescue Operations Centre (Bomba), the report of a vehicle on fire was received at 11.29pm on Thursday (Oct 20). The operations centre has dispatched teams from Kota Samarahan Bomba station to the incident […]
Driver escapes after car catches fire
MIRI: Fire broke out in the engine compartment of a this morning causing about 70 per cent damage to the vehicle. The incident happened adjacent to a Chinese cemetery area in Riam. According to Zone 6 Miri Fire and Rescue department acting chief, Ahmad Nizam Sapaiee, an emergency call on the fire was received at […]
Fire on third floor unit extinguished
SIBU: A unit on the third floor of a shop lot at Jalan Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce here, caught fire this morning. Sibu Central Fire station chief Suna Kaha in a statement today said that they were notified of the incident around 8.07 am and despatched firemen from Sibu and Sungai Merah stations to the […]
