LAWAS: Three brothers were burnt to death when their house in Kampung Seberang Kedai near here, was razed to the ground last night.
In the 11.30pm incident, the victims were identified as Mohd Hesdi Huzaidi Azrie, 4 ; Mohd Hezni Huzaili Azrie,7 and Mohd Hezry Huzaimi Azrie, 8.
Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department operation centre’s spokesperson said the victims were believed to be trapped in the house and died due to suffocation.
He said six other family members managed to escape in the incident.
A spokesperson from the Operations Centre of the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department said a team of seven firefighters from the Lawas Fire and Rescue Station rushed to the scene, which is about 17 kilometres away, after receiving a distress call at 11pm.
“The fire involved a two-storey semi-permanent structure residential house which was 100 per cent destroyed (when the fire team arrived),” said the spokesperson.
According to the spokesperson, the six victims who managed to escape the fire were the victims’ parents, Azrie Latip, 45, and Dayangku Hadianawati, 38, their older siblings , sister Ariesya Aryana Azrie,14, and brother Muhd Hezrie Azrie,12, and their grandparents Awangku Jeman Pengiran Abd. Hamid, 72, and Aminah Matusop, 73.
“The operation ended at 12.45am while the bodies of the children have been handed over to the police for further investigation”
