400 homeless after squatter colony blaze


KOTA KINABALU: More than 400 people in Sabah’s east coast Tawau district were left homeless when their adjoining wooden homes were destroyed in a fire.

The fire at the Kampung Hidayat squatter colony started about 9am yesterday spread quickly due to the hot weather. About 80 houses were gutted.

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Transport & Safety , fire , tawau , kampung hidayat

   

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