KUCHING: Thirty-one members of three families in three houses were
rendered homeless after their houses were completely burned while another house was 10 per cent burned in a fire at Kpg Bintawa Hilir near here yesterday morning.
Fortunately, no one was injured in the blaze which is believed to have started at 7 am from one of the houses before it spread rapidly to the other two houses.
Petra Jaya Fire and Rescue Station chief Tan Min Chai said that with the assistance of Sesco and police personnel, the firemen managed to douse the fire completely at 9.23 am.
They had received a distress call at 7.18 am.
