20150523 Malaysia 90 Houses Razed In Likas Fire
Malaysia May 23 2015 “Houses”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : more than 70 Injured : injured 0 or unknown
90 Houses Razed In Likas Fire
Updated: 2015-05-24 12:00
KOTA KINABALU, May 24 (Bernama)– Some 90 houses were razed in a fire in Kampung Bosong, Likas here Saturday night.
Sabah Fire and Rescue Department public relations officer, Mohd Affendi K Ramin said the department was alerted at 8.02 pm and 30 firemen in five fire engines arrived at the scene at 8.14 pm.
He said firemen had problems entering the densely packed squatter settlement encompassing an area of 2.5 hectares.
“The houses were close to each other and low water pressure hampered our operations,” he said in a statment in Kota Kinabalu, Sunday.
Mohd Affendi said the victims, numbering more than 400, were being sheltered at Dewan Likas and that the cause of the fire was still under investigation.
Meanwhile, Sabah Community Development and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Jainab Ahmad Ayid, who visited the victims at the shelter, said the state government would do all it could to assist them.
Web Source: Bernama
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