20140124 Malaysia Elderly Woman Dies In House Fire
Malaysia Jan 24 2014 “Houses”
Dead : dead 1 to 4 Burnout : 1 to 29 Injured : injured 0 or unknown
Elderly Woman Dies In House Fire
Updated: 2014-01-24-12:00
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 24 (Bernama) — An elderly woman was found burnt in a fire which destroyed her rented house in Kampung Paya Terubong near here today.
Thum Pek Guan, 75, who stayed alone in the house, was believed to have suffocated and collapsed, before she was burnt, in an attempt to escape from the burning house.
Her body was found at the back of the house, which only had one exit.
Paya Terubong fire and rescue station head Poh Leong Soon said a fire engine with 11 firemen rushed to the scene after being informed of the fire at about 1.10pm.
He said Thum’s body was sent to Penang Hospital for post-mortem and that the Fire and Rescue Department was investigating the cause of the fire and losses incurred.
— BERNAMA
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