Elderly woman burned to death, at least 200 homeless in fire in Sri Aman


MIRI: An elderly woman has died in a longhouse fire that has left about 200 people homeless in the Sri Aman division.

Yon Manjat, in her 60s, was found burned to death in a room at 2.40pm on Wednesday (Dec 12) after a fire razed the longhouse settlement of Rumah Sambau in Sarawak's remote Nanga Entulang enclave.

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