KOTA KINABALU: A pre-dawn fire destroyed 130 houses and left more than 1,000 residents with only the clothes on their backs at a waterfront village in Kg Tanjung Aru Baru here yesterday.
Villagers were rudely awakened by screams of fire, prompting residents to run out of their homes. Some had even jumped into the sea to escape the flames. The fire is believed to have started shortly after 2am.
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