Electrical equipment shop damaged by fire
KUCHING: A fire at Sin Hin Cheong, Kota Sentosa Commercial Centre here, yesterday evening resulted in a 60 per cent loss to a shop specialising in electrical equipment. Fortunately, despite the severity of the incident reported at 6.25 pm, the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) confirmed there were no fatalities. According to reports, a team […]
Swift action of tenant saves room in fire
BINTULU: The quick action of a tenant managed to save his rental room at a shophouse from being destroyed in a fire this morning. A spokesman for the Fire and Rescue Department said the incident happened at around 7.30 am at Taman Bandar Jaya. Firemen from Bintulu station were promptly despatched to the scene after […]
Textile shop destroyed in fire
LIMBANG: A 49 year-old woman was injured when a shophouse caught fire this morning (April 9) at Jalan Sungai Kudung, Kampung Bunga Raya. According to a statement from the Sarawak Fire and Rescue department Operations Centre (PGO), the victim, who is the owner of the shophouse, was taken to Limbang Hospital for treatment. Meanwhile, her […]
Police arrest 328 suspects, seize RM2.02 mln drugs
KUCHING: Police arrested 328 people and seized various types of drugs, believed to be valued at RM2.02 million, in a state-wide anti-drug operations codenamed ‘Ops Tapis Khas’. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Mohd Azman Ahmad Sapri said the suspects comprising 316 men and 12 women, are aged between 17 and 65 years. Of the figure, 233 […]
Young lad escapes fire with minor burns
KUCHING: A 19-year-old man suffered minor burns to his back after a three-storey shophouse caught fire at Pasar Sungai Maong Lama, Mile 3 on Thursday. The victim who suffered 30 per cent burns to his back, was rescued from the third floor of the building and later taken to Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) for further […]
Wee hour fires in Kuching kept Bomba busy
KUCHING: The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) was kept busy this morning after responding to two fire incidents reported at separate places. The first incident happened around 1.07am and involved a rented room on the first floor of a bakery shophouse along Jalan Padungan. Firemen from Padungan and Tabuan Jaya stations were promptly dispatched to […]
Fire causes 45pct damage to new shophouse
KOTA SAMARAHAN: A newly constructed shophouse in Jalan Datuk Mohammad Musa here caught fire this morning. Firefighters from the Kota Samarahan station were sent to the location — behind a hypermarket — after receiving a call around 8.10am. The fire occurred on the first floor of the premises. Firefighters later managed to put out the […]
Top floor of shop goes up in smoke
SERIAN: The top floor of a shop lot at Mile 38, Jalan Kuching-Serian was almost destroyed in an afternoon fire today. However there were no casualties during the incident as the occupants and workers had safely got out of the building without injuries. An emergency call was received by the State Fire and Rescue Operation […]
Shophouse’s rooms go up in smoke
SIBURAN: Three unoccupied rooms in a three-storey shophouse caught fire at Mile 9, Jalan Kuching-Serian this afternoon. A spokesman from the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department said the incident happened around 1.25pm and no injuries or casualties were reported. Firemen from Siburan and Batu Lintang stations were promptly despatched to the scene to commence extinguishing […]
Fire destroys workers quarters in Sibu
SIBU: The top floor of a shophouse in Jalan Salim, which was turned into a quarters for six workers, was completely destroyed in a fire on Monday (Jan 10). Fortunately, no one was injured in the blaze as the occupants were out. Firefighters from the Sibu Central and Sungai Merah stations were deployed to the […]
