The car that caught fire near Lanang Bridge last night.
SIBU (Dec 29): Four frontliners cheated death when the police patrol car that they were travelling in while on duty caught fire near Lanang Bridge here last night.
According to a Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre spokesperson, they received a call on the incident at 8.50pm.
He said the car driven by a police personnel was carrying an army, Civil Defence Force and Rela personnel.
He added Bomba deployed a fire engine and six firemen to the scene to put out the fire.
“When Bomba arrived at the scene, it was true that a police patrol car carrying four individuals aged between 21and 38 caught fire,” he said in a statement today.
The Bomba spokesperson said no deaths or injuries were reported in the incident.
He said the operation was concluded after the fire has been completely put out.