Elderly woman dies in fire in Perak fishing village


IPOH: An elderly woman was killed during a morning blaze that gutted three wooden houses at the Kuala Gula fishing village in Kuala Kurau, about 110km from here. 

Acting Kerian OCPD DSP Mohd Radzuan Bachik said the victim, Ong Kuai Choon, 75, was found burnt in a bedroom of her double-storey house during the 3.40am incident on Monday. 

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