Donations for fire victim families
BINTULU: Bintulu Member of Parliament Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing today contributed donations to fire victims in Kampung Sebiew. A total of 11 homes housing 19 families of victims benefited from the donations from Tiong who is also Dudong state assemblyman. His special officer, Azman Abdul Rahman, presented on his behalf the fire victims the […]
Tenant suffers burns in house fire
SIBU: A man was rushed to hospital for burns on his hands and feet after a fire broke out in the house he was staying in at Jalan Sungai Bidut near SJK Kwong Ming here last night. A spokesman for the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Operations Centre said Chieng Chin Hwa, 28, was taken to […]
Fire leaves family of five homeless
SIBU: A family of five was left homeless when a government quarters at Jalan Circular here was destroyed in a fire last night. According to Sibu Fire and Rescue Department chief, Janggan Muling today, a fire and rescue team from Sibu Sentral and Sungai Merah stations were rushed to the scene upon receiving a call […]
Blaze destroys two houses in Mukah
MUKAH: Two families were lucky to escape a blaze that destroyed their homes here. According to the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba), it received an emergency call at 5.04pm, Thursday (May 12), regarding the fire. Firefighters from the Mukah station rushed to the location at Kampung Tutus Hilir, some 9km from the station. “The operation […]
30 made homeless in evening inferno
KUCHING: An evening inferno at Lorong 5, Kampung Tabuan Dayak here, rendered about 30 occupants homeless after the flames destroyed three houses on Saturday (May 7). There were no reports of casualties in the 8.20pm incident. Firemen from Batu Lintang and Tabuan Jaya stations were despatched to the scene to douse the blaze. Upon arriving, […]
Midnight fire razes house
SERIAN: A midnight blaze caused damages to a residential house at Kampung Riih Daso near here early this morning. A spokesman from the Sarawak Fire Department operations centre said they received a distress call around 12.00am and deployed firemen from Serian station to the scene. The firemen managed to extinguish the blaze and prevented the […]
House catches fire twice in one day
KUCHING: A house in Lorong Satok 2 caught fire twice today. The first fire was about 6.50am and the second was at 12.18pm. The State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre said the afternoon fire spread to the house next door. According to him, the fire spread as there was no dividing wall between […]
House fires during festive season increasing
KUCHING: The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) is gearing up for any occurrence of house fires during the upcoming Hari Raya Aidilfitri and Gawai. Sarawak Bomba director Datuk Khirudin Drahman disclosed that Bomba had identified an increasing trend of house fires during festive season. However, he pointed out that there had been a decrease in […]
Firefighter runs into problems fighting blaze
KUCHING: A firefighter who experienced breathing problems while dousing a house fire had to be sent to hospital here. He was among two teams despatched from the Petra Jaya and Batu Lintang stations after the two-storey terrace house at Taman Mawar in Kampung Gita caught fire this afternoon. The operation commander reported that the house […]
Fire destroys bedroom
BINTULU: Firefighters arrived on time to put out a fire in a bedroom here. The blaze happened at a double-storey house at Taman Kemena, Jalan Sibiew here. “We received the emergency call at 12.41 pm and firefighters from the Bintulu Fire and Rescue (Bomba) Station were dispatched to the location. “Based on an information given, […]
