Two houses allegedly set ablaze by exploding mobile phone

The two houses on fire in Kundasang.

KOTA KINABALU: Firemen are investigating a blaze which is alleged to have started after a mobile phone, which was being charged, exploded.

Ranau Fire and Rescue Department chief Jimmy Lagung said that the department needed to investigate the incident, which destroyed two houses in Kundasang, before it could determined the cause of the fire.