Early morning fire destroys Sibu Jaya furniture shop

Firefighters are seen inspecting the damages at the furniture shop.

SIBU, Nov 29: A furniture store in Sibu Jaya caught fire early morning, today.

According to a statement from the State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operation centre, they received a report on the incident at 3.56am and a team of nine firefighters were deployed to the scene.

“The fire had destroyed 70 per cent of the furniture inside the shop and affected 20 per cent of the building structure,” the statement added.
 
Firefighters have to break the main and back doors of the shop to gain entry and utilised a nearby fire hydrant to put out the fire.

No casualty was reported and firefighters successfully ended the operation at 4.57am.— DayakDaily