Deputy minister’s residence destroyed in Bario blaze
MIRI: Deputy Minister in the Premier of Sarawak’s Department (Labour, Immigration and Project Monitoring) Datuk Gerawat Gala suffered a devastating loss this morning as his residence in Kampung Pa Umor, Bario, was engulfed in a destructive fire. The flames ravaged through the home, reducing it to ashes. According to the Fire and Rescue Department Zone […]
Fire engulfs Baram longhouse
MIRI: A fierce fire swept through six doors of a 105-door longhouse in Long Belok, Apoh, Baram, leaving 28 villagers homeless on the morning of April 4. Reports from the Marudi Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said the department was alerted to the fire at 7.55 am. Six doors of the longhouse had already been engulfed by the […]
Afternoon fire renders family of four homeless
MUKAH: A family of four in Kampung Penakup Tengah Hilir here, found themselves homeless today (Apr 4) following a devastating blaze that engulfed their home. The incident, which occurred at 12.52 pm, fortunately resulted in no injuries or casualties as the family successfully evacuated to safety. A spokesman for the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) […]
Blaze razes grocery store and house
BETONG: A morning blaze destroys a grocery store and an adjoining residential house at the Nanga Tiga Layar here today. According to a report, the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) responded swiftly to a distress call at 10.33 am on the fire incident. “Upon arrival they found the fire had engulfed a grocery store situated […]
65 made homeless in Kampung Likas fire
KOTA KINABALU: A total of 65 residents were made homeless when a fire destroyed 10 houses in Kampung Likas here early this morning. However, no casualties were reported, according to a spokesman for the Sabah Fire and Rescue Department’s (JBPM) Operations Centre. He said that the department received a distress call at 3.11 and 26 […]
Kampung India settlement residents flee to main road to escape fire
KUALA LUMPUR: Victims of a fire that destroyed at least five houses in Kampung India settlement in Kampung Pandan here at around 9.45 pm yesterday had to flee to the main road to safety. One of them, S Thulasi, said she realised her house was on fire when she saw flames from her kitchen and […]
Elderly tenants escape unharmed from fire
BINTANGOR: Two tenants managed to evacuate safely after their two-storey house caught fire at Jalan Ulu Mador here today (Mar 4). A spokesperson for the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said that firefighters from the Bintangor station were dispatched to the scene, approximately 19 km away, after receiving a distress call at 11.28 am. Upon […]
15 left homeless in pre-dawn fire
KUCHING: Fifteen residents were left with nothing but clothes on their backs after their single-storey house in Kampung Haji Baki here was completely engulfed by a wee-hour fire today (Mar 3). No injuries or casualties were reported as the residents managed to evacuate themselves to safety in the 2.44 am incident. A spokesman for the […]
Fire razes house, leaving four homeless
MIRI: A family of four here were left homeless in a fire yesterday (Feb 13). Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) Zone 6 fire investigation division head Awangku Mohd Hazmin Awang Zainal said that as soon as they received a distress call at 5.57 pm, seven firefighters were despatched from Miri Sentral to the scene. When the […]
Kitchen of eatery outlet goes up in smoke
BINTULU: A kitchen of an eatery premises at BDA Shahida Commercial Centre here caught fire this morning. Fortunately, swift action by the premises owner managed to contain the fire from spreading further using fire extinguishers. No injuries were reported in the incident. According to a report by Bintulu Fire and Rescue Department, a team of […]
