BETONG: Fire razed a single-storey house to the ground at Kampung Semarang Pusa, Maludam on Monday (Oct 26).
A call was placed to the Saratok fire and rescue station around 8.45pm but when firefighters arrived at the scene, the wooden house was already destroyed.
A house nearby suffered 10 per cent damage to its structure as well. Fortunately for its 13 occupants, they escaped unscathed.
Firefighters successfully extinguished the fire and the cause of the fire is being investigated.
Meanwhile, the firefighters had to travel on a ferry for 20 minutes before they could reach the location of the fire.
