Fire razes empty house in Stapok
KUCHING: An unoccupied semi-detached house in Greenville Villa, Jalan Stapok, was destroyed in a late-night fire yesterday (July 8). A spokesman for the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said no injuries or casualties were reported in the 9.25pm blaze. Following that, firemen from Batu Lintang and Padungan stations were promptly despatched to the scene, about 5 kilometres […]
Fire destroys unoccupied house
KOTA SAMARAHAN: An unoccupied house was razed by a late-fire night which also damaged a van and a saloon vehicle at Kampung Entingan, Jalan Entingan, here yesterday (Feb 16). The vehicles were parked at the house porch. Firemen from the Kota Samarahan Bomba station who were alerted to the fire at 11.56pm rushed to scene. […]
Rental unit to carry out bitcoin mining activities, destroyed in fire
PADAWAN: A rented unit on the first floor of a two-storey shophouse at Mile 7, Jalan Penrissen, has caught fire yesterday. Padawan OCPD Supt Abang Zainal Abidin Abang Ahmad said it was believed that the unoccupied unit was used to carry out bitcoin mining activities. He said a tenant staying next door noticed smoke coming […]
Night fire destroys unoccupied house
KUCHING: An uninhabited double-storey house at Lorong Kedandi 4, Tabuan Jaya here, has been gutted by a fire. The incident happened around 10.38pm last Friday. Firemen from Tabuan Jaya, Batu Lintang and Padungan who were despatched to the scene confirmed that the semi-detached house was indeed empty. As such no one was injured, and people […]
Villagers put out house fire
SIMUNJAN: Swift action taken by the villagers of Kampung Gawang Empili managed to save a house from being destroyed in a fire on Thursday. The State Fire and Rescue Department operations centre said they received a distress call at 5.58pm and despatched firefighters from Simunjan fire station to the scene. It was told that the […]
Unoccupied house catches fire
KUCHING: An unoccupied house at Jalan Foochow 2B here caught fire last Saturday (Oct 17). According to the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre, a call on the incident was received at 10.13pm, and a team of firefighters of Padungan and Tabuan Jaya fire stations was deployed to the scene. Upon arrival, the fire […]
Thieves target unoccupied homes
BY BARINA NANI ASAJAYA: Owners leaving their second homes unoccupied is among the factors that contributed to break-in cases in Samarahan. Samarahan district police chief DSP Sudirman Kram said most of the crime reports received from the community were related to property theft. According to him, theft was the main crime because most in Kota […]
