20171221 House burns down after children play with fire
Malaysia Dec 21 2017 “Houses”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : 1 to 29 Injured : injured 0 or unknown
House burns down after children play with fire
Updated: 2017-12-21
THREE children who were said to be playing with fire started a blaze that destroyed about 80% of a house, Sin Chew Daily reported.
Their mother was also injured during the incident at their home in Lukut, Negri Sembilan, at about 2pm on Tuesday.
In her haste, the woman could not find the keys she needed to escape the house.
At least eight of them managed to pry open the grill door and save the woman and her children.
The woman was then rushed to Port Dickson Hospital.
Port Dickson Fire and Rescue De¬partment chief operations officer Razif Mohamad Haris said his depart¬¬¬¬ment was investigating the cause of the fire.
Her husband received a call from a man claiming to be a police personnel, saying he had failed to appear in court for a money laundering case.
Although her husband said he was not involved in any illegal activity, the man passed the call to several people who insisted that he was involved.
The woman suspected it was a scam and tried to tell her husband, but was ignored.
The woman was then joined by her mother-in-law, but he continued to ignore them both.
After talking to someone from “Bukit Aman police headquarters” who promised to help him settle the matter, he hung up and tried to send his bank account number to the “policeman”.
It was only then that his wife and mother managed to convince him not to send the account number.
A police report has been lodged.
Web Source: The Star Online
https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/12/21/house-burns-down-after-children-play-with-fire/