SIBU: Nine families of 73 people whose seven wooden houses at Kampung Baharu here were destroyed by a fire at noon last Friday received financial assistance from Sibu MP Oscar Ling last Saturday.
When visiting the fire victims, Ling presented RM1,000 to each family at the village mosque.
Earlier in the morning, Dudong assemblyman Datuk Tiong Thai King also gave a personal donation of RM1,000 to each of the nine families.
The fire victims lost all their belongings as the fire spread very fast.
The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) is still investigating the cause of the fire and the loss incurred.
