120718 Five Families Made Homeless In Night Blaze
Malaysia Jul 18 2012 “Building” “Houses”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : 1 to 29 Injured : injured 0 or unknown
Web Source: BERNAMA
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Date: 19 July, 2012
Country: Malaysia
Five Families Made Homeless In Night Blaze
Updated: 2012-07-19-12:45
KEPALA BATAS, July 19 (Bernama) — Five families were made homeless after a fire ravaged as many wooden houses in Kampung Kovil, here, last night.
No one was injured as most of the occupants were at work when the fire occurred at 8.45 pm, said a spokesman of the Kepala Batas Fire & Rescue Station.
A housewife, A. Sinamal, 55, said she was doing household chores and waiting for her husband’s return from work when she heard a loud explosion from a neighbour’s house, and quickly dashed out of the house for her safety.
“The fire spread fast and there was nothing I could do,” she told reporters.
The fire & rescue station spokesman said 30 fire-fighters reached the scene in five trucks three minutes after being summoned but, due to the houses being close to one another, it took them 30 minutes to bring the blaze under control.
— BERNAMA