20170714 Fire destroys hotel and shoplots in Tawau
Malaysia Jul 14 2017 “Building” “Stores”
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Fire destroys hotel and shoplots in Tawau
Updated: 2017-07-14
KOTA KINABALU: An early morning fire destroyed a hotel and four shophouses in the east coast town of Tawau.
Sabah Fire and Rescue Services Department operations centre chief Khatizah Rahaban said no casualties were reported in the incident that started at about 4.50am on Friday.
Videoclips showing firemen battling the blaze that had already engulfed the shophouses were widely circulated on social media.
Khatizah said the fire was believed to have broken out at the stalls and quickly spread to a row of shophouses nearby.
She said although firemen reached the scene just a minute after being alerted, they faced difficulties in fighting the flames due to low water pressure in the area.
Despite this, firemen still managed to prevent the fire from spreading to another seven shophouses along the same row.
Khatizah said they had to call the Water Department to dispatch a water tanker to the site.
She said firemen managed to bring the blaze under control at 7.23am.
Web Source: The Star
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