Kuching Salvation Army seeking donations for fire victims
KUCHING: The Salvation Army Kuching Corps are requesting donations of essential items from the public to help the fire victims of Rh Naga Rasau in Engkilili, Sri Aman. On Sept 16, part of the 24-door longhouse was razed, affecting 18 families. The Salvation Army Kuching Corps recently visited the families to gauge their current situation […]
Fire razes part of longhouse
SRI AMAN: Part of a 24-door longhouse at Pekan Engkelili, here, was razed by fire on Wednesday (Sept 16). A team of firefighters from the Sri Aman and Betong fire stations was despatched to the scene after the State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) received a distress call at 5.13pm. The firefighters managed to bring […]
121 longhouse fires recorded in five years
KUCHING: The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) has recorded a total of 121 fire cases involving longhouses throughout Sarawak, from 2015 to 2020. Sarawak Bomba director Khirudin Drahman revealed on Friday (Aug 21) that Sibu recorded the most, with 39 cases, including the recent one in Julau, leaving 142 homeless. Up next was Sri Aman […]
Razed to the ground
JULAU: This 20-door longhouse called Rumah Chat at Nanga Bilat about 20 minutes’ drive away from Julau town was razed to the ground at 1pm today (August 17). It is said that the fire spread so quickly that the inhabitants were unable to save their belongings. In just fifteen minutes, the upper part of the […]
Govt aid soon for fire victims
BINTULU: Fire victims from Rumah Lanting Depong Sungai Arip Balingian in Tatau will be receiving RM18,000 from the state government, revealed Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Kakus acting chief Nelson Mujah Giri. He added Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas would be presenting the aid soon. Mujah said this during his visit […]
Relief assistance for longhouse fire victims
SELANGAU: Victims of a longhouse fire here received relief assistance worth RM18,000 from Native Laws and Customs Assistant Minister Datuk John Sikie Tayai on Monday (July 20). The assistance was handed over by the assistant minister himself when visiting the fire victims of Rh Lanting Depong, Nanga Gun in Ulu Sungai Arip here. The 18-door […]
Longhouse fire renders 135 people homeless
BINTULU: A fire has left 135 occupants of an 18-door longhouse, Rumah Lanting Depong at Nanga Gun in Sungai Arip, with nothing but the clothes on their backs. The fire broke out around 11.30pm last Saturday (July18), said the State Fire and Rescue Department. Its spokesperson said firefighters from Tatau were deployed to Nanga Gun […]
Work with Bomba to improve longhouse safety
BINTULU: Tragedies involving fires at longhouses often have a devastating effect as they typically involve more than one household. In realising that, Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Integrity and Ombudsman) Datuk Talib Zulpilip suggested longhouse communities to work with the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) in improving the safety of their homes. He said […]
