{"id":13516,"date":"2022-03-18T12:19:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T04:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=13516"},"modified":"2022-03-18T12:19:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T04:19:14","slug":"fire-destroys-over-700-houses-in-tawau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=13516","title":{"rendered":"Fire destroys over 700 houses in Tawau"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TAWAU, March 18 &#8212; A fire destroyed more than\u00a0700 houses in a water village of\u00a0Kampung Kurnia Jaya, Batu 4 Jalan Apas here today,\u00a0but no casualties were reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tawau Fire and Rescue station chief&nbsp;Julius John Stephen said&nbsp;the&nbsp;station was summoned at 4.45 pm and more than 40&nbsp;firemen were rushed&nbsp;there.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-18-at-12.15.50.png\" alt=\"fire\" class=\"wp-image-13517\" width=\"464\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-18-at-12.15.50.png 583w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-18-at-12.15.50-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-18-at-12.15.50-183x100.png 183w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-18-at-12.15.50-350x191.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;We were also assisted by\u00a0firemen from the Semporna\u00a0fire\u00a0station,&#8221;<\/em> he said,\u00a0adding that the fire was brought under control at 9 pm but the operation was still ongoing at press time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cause of the fire and damage had yet to be ascertained, he told reporters at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/\">NMT<\/a> as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bernama.com\/en\/news.php?id=2062995\">Bernama<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TAWAU, March 18 &#8212; 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