KOTA KINABALU, Jan 24 (Bernama) -- An elderly couple was found burnt to death after their house was destroyed in a fire at Kampung Lausan Batu 4, Kudat, late yesterday.
The Sabah Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) Operations Centre said the victims, aged 73 and 74, were found in a bedroom of the two-storey non-permanent house, which was completely razed.
Firefighters received a distress call at 11.58 pm, and a team of firefighters rushed to the scene, arriving there at 12.36 am today before putting the fire under control about an hour later, despite access difficulties caused by a narrow bridge and low power lines.
In a separate incident in Semporna, a visually impaired woman was found burnt to death in a fire involving seven squatter houses at Kampung Perigi today.
Semporna Fire and Rescue Station chief Rastam Keladi said the victim, identified as Munairaya Baluan, 58, was found in the bedroom of one of the houses.
Firefighters received a call at 11.12 am, and the blaze was brought under control at 11.57 am.
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