Lightning likely cause of fire at 60-year-old temple

Rapid blaze: The damaged Chee Bee Cheng Kheng temple in Tanah Liat after the fire.

BUKIT MERTAJAM: Except for its grand arch at the entrance, the wooden structure at a 60-year-old Chinese temple in Tanah Liat, Berapit, here was badly damaged in a fire.

Residents in the area claimed that the fire at the Chee Bee Cheng Kheng temple was caused by lightning which struck the hall at about 1.35pm yesterday.