
By DayakDaily Team
KUCHING, Feb 21: A house owner’s use of firewood to cook sparked concern among the nearby public, who mistook it for a house fire at Taman Matang Jaya today.
According to a report from the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba), concerned about the safety of the house’s occupants, an emergency call was received through MERS 999 at 7.22am.
As a result, firefighters from the Petra Jaya station were deployed to the location.
Upon arrival, the operations commander confirmed that there was no fire, as the call claimed.
“The house owner was simply cooking using firewood,” said the report. — DayakDaily
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