KUCHING: Search and rescue (SAR) operations for the missing four-year-old boy Eric Chang Wei Jie at Kampung Muara Tebas continue into the fifth day today. As of 8am, the search radius was expanded to one to 1.5 kilometres on land following low tides. The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations
KUCHING: A firefighter who experienced breathing problems while dousing a house fire had to be sent to hospital here. He was among two teams despatched from the Petra Jaya and Batu Lintang stations after the two-storey terrace house at Taman Mawar in Kampung Gita caught fire this afternoon. The operation
KUCHING: Electrocution victims Simon Senin, 46, and Ronwina Mambai, 35, who died on March 10 were laid to rest on Sunday (March 13) at Shah Alam, Selangor. Tebedu assemblyman Dr Simon Sinang Bada said the decision to bury them there after Damian was found positive for COVID-19, while his wife
SRI AMAN: Two dump trucks caught fire early morning at Jalan Sri Aman-Serian today. The State Fire and Rescue operations centre (Bomba) said the Sri Aman station responded to both incidents by promptly dispatching a team of firefighters to both scenes. “The station received a distress call on the first
KUCHING: The search operation for the missing four-year-old Eric Chang Wei Jie has entered day four today. A spokesperson from the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department operation centre said the search area has been widening to 400 to 500 metres from the operation post around the coastal area. “As of
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded a total of 1,427 Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative cases to 277,277. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in its daily update said, of the total, 1,425 were in Categories 1 and 2 while one case each was recorded in Categories 4 and 5. “Kuching recorded 540
KUCHING: New Covid-19 cases in Sarawak have dropped slightly to 1,745 compared to the previous 1,963, bringing the total to 275,850. In the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee’s (SDMC) daily update on Friday (March 11), Categories 1 and 2 had 1,723 cases while Categories 3, 4 and 5 recorded 22. Of
MIRI: Firemen who responded to a distress call had a shock when a rented double-storey commercial unit in Permyjaya here turned out to be a cryptocurrency mining centre stealing electricity. Sarawak Energy was alerted and the utility firm disconnected power to the premises for safety reasons. The firefighters managed to
MIRI: Two people managed to escape a fire that destroyed a house in Jalan Tanjung Batu A1, Kampung Padang Kerbau here. According to the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba), a call regarding the fire was received at around 10.17pm, last night. Firefighters from Lopeng Bomba were dispatched to the location
KUCHING: Police have picked up four suspects with previous convictions to assist in their investigation into the case of the missing four-year-old boy. City police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah also said that police have established a task force to intensify efforts to search for the child. “The suspects, two men
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