Sports Toto outlet destroyed in fire

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The Sports Toto outlet fire in Lido yesterday.

The Sports Toto outlet fire in Lido yesterday.

KOTA KINABALU: A Sports Toto outlet in Lido was destroyed by fire here yesterday morning.

The 8.40am incident saw not only the outlet along with important documents and some money destroyed, but also a Perodua Kancil car parked in front of it.

No casualty was reported as all the counter staff managed to escape.

Fire and Rescue Department public relations officer Senior Assistant Superintendent Mohd Affendy Ramin said the department received a distress call at 8.47am and deployed four fire engines to the scene.

“A total of 21 firefighters were involved in the operation and we managed to control the fire by 9am,” he said, adding that the operation ended around 9.30am.

He said the cause of the fire and total loss were still under investigation.