20171123 Mother Saves 14-Month Old Baby From Raging Fire
Malaysia Nov 23 2017
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : 1 to 29 Injured : injured 1 to 9
Mother Saves 14-Month Old Baby From Raging Fire
Updated: 2017-11-23
LABUAN, Nov 23 (Bernama) — A mother heroically saved her 14-month old baby from a raging fire by hugging and escaping through an entrance at about 12 noon today.
Ling Siew Lee, 40, managed to save her daughter Lim May Tung, who was at the upper floor, before their double storey home in Taman Guan Huat, Pulau Buah, was engulfed in flames.
Siew Lee and her father in-law, Lim Sing Sung, 70, who had breathing difficulties after inhaling thick smoke in the fire, were sent to hospital for further treatment.
Labuan Fire and Rescue Department director Zainal Madasin said the department’s operation room received a distress call at about 12.23pm and dispatched two engines with 17 firemen to the scene.
“We put out the blaze in several minutes but the house was already partially destroyed,” he said…..
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