Two-story house burned in Sibu

SIBU, Sept. 27: A semi-D two-story house in the 4A Green Lane here burned down in an incident at noon yesterday.

According to the Centre for Operational Movements (PGO) of the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) Sarawak, a team from the Red River Bombing and Rescue Hall (BBP) received a call at 12.11 noon before arriving on site about six minutes later.

"The fire involved the upper part of the house which is estimated to have been completely destroyed, no casualties were reported.

"The blackout operation was carried out offensively from the front and rear of the house using a 200-foot flow, two nozzles and an auxiliary channel flow", the statement said.

The fire also damaged houses adjacent to the roof, while about 25 percent of the semi-dome structure was damaged.

The ground floor of the main house was damaged by water after a blackout operation.

The fire was successfully contained at 1.03 pm and the operation ended completely at 2.10 pm after inspection and monitoring were carried out to ensure that there was no cause of fire or inclement weather.

The operation involved 11 members jointly with a FRT, EMRS and Hilux machine, in addition to assistance from the PDRM and Malaysian Civil Defence Force (APM).