The wooden house that was razed by fire.
BELURAN: A family here was made homeless after their wooden house in Kampung Memanjang here was razed by fire on last Thursday.
According to Kinabatangan Fire and Rescue Officer, Johny Yap, the department received a distress call from the public at 2.38pm. A team of firefighters was despatched immediately and reached the scene at about 3.40pm.
“When our men arrived at the scene, the wooden house had been razed to the ground. The fire was completely extinguished by 4.28pm. At the time when the house was on fire, the owner of the house was not at home but the fire was seen and reported by their neighbour,” he said when contacted here yesterday.
The cause and the estimated loss of the fire is still under investigation.