Fire razes 2 wooden houses, damages 2 others in Lundu

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A Bomba photo showing firefighters extinguishing the fire at the houses this morning.

KUCHING (Sept 11): Two wooden houses at Jalan Blacksmith in Lundu town were razed in a pre-dawn fire today.

Two other wooden houses adjacent to the razed structures were also affected in the 1.20am incident, the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said in a statement.

“The fire affected a total of 12 victims, comprising six men, five women and a baby. All were not injured in the incident,” it said.

The department added personnel from the Lundu fire station were able to extinguish the flames around 4am.

“The first house was 100 per cent destroyed while the second was about 90 per cent destroyed. The third and fourth (adjacent) houses were about 20 per cent and five per cent damaged, respectively,” it said.

The cause of the fire is being investigated.