150 residents in Kpg Hilir left homeless after fire razes 15 houses

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By DayakDaily Team

KUCHING, Sept 22: A total of 150 residents in Kampung Hilir, Sibu were left homeless after fire razed 15 houses.

According to a report from Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre today, they received a call about the incident at 6.43pm. A team from Bomba Sibu Jaya assisted by Sungai Merah and Bomba Sibu Jaya were rushed to the location.

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Based on a report from the operations commander, all 15 semi-permanent structure houses were completely destroyed by the blaze.

Firefighters managed to contain the fire at 7.57pm. No casualties were reported. — DayakDaily

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