{"id":16104,"date":"2023-01-15T19:04:48","date_gmt":"2023-01-15T11:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=16104"},"modified":"2023-01-15T19:04:49","modified_gmt":"2023-01-15T11:04:49","slug":"200-people-made-homeless-in-bintulu-longhouse-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=16104","title":{"rendered":"200 people made homeless in Bintulu longhouse fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SIBU, Jan 15<\/strong> — Some 200\u00a0people were made homeless when fire destroyed\u00a033 doors of a 36-door longhouse in Sungai Segan, Ulu Sebauh, Bintulu, about 180km from here, this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, no casualties were reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesperson for the Operations Centre of the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department said the fire destroyed about 90 per cent of the non-permanent structure of an old block of the longhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFiremen managed to\u00a0completely extinguish the fire and\u00a0prevent it from spreading to the new block of the longhouse which is only four metres away from where the fire occurred.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cThe incident has affected about 200 residents from 33 families and all of them managed to escape unhurt in the incident,\u201d he said in a statement today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Bintulu Fire and Rescue Department zone chief Wan Kamaruddin Wan Ahmad, when contacted by Bernama said the fire was believed to have started from the middle unit of the longhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cause of the incident and the losses incurred are still under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NMT<\/a> as reported by Bernama<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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