20140124 Malaysia Elderly Filipina Dies In Lahad Datu Fire
Malaysia Jan 24 2014 “Houses”
Dead : dead 1 to 4 Burnout : 1 to 29 Injured : injured 0 or unknown
Elderly Filipina Dies In Lahad Datu Fire
Updated: 2014-01-24-12:00
LAHAD DATU, Jan 24 (Bernama) — An elderly Filipina perished in a fire that gutted a house at Lorong 32 Taman Pertama near here this morning.
District Fire and Rescue operations officer Mohd Apandi Mahmud said Ressurecion Partigo, 89, was trapped in the upper floor of the double storey house, from where the fire was believed to have started.
He said a fire truck with seven personnel arrived at the scene within nine minutes following a distress call at 11.56 am.
“The fire was put under control by 12.30 pm and the woman’s remains, recovered at 1.55 pm have been sent to Lahad Datu Hospital for post mortem,” he told Bernama when contacted.
According to him, the woman’s three granddaughters and their parents were in the house on the ground floor but could not save her as the fire had spread too quickly.
— BERNAMA
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