Community help needed to stop Sarawak wildfires


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 21 Mar 2019

MIRI: The Miri Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department has issued an advisory to community leaders to play a role in the battle against raging wildfires in the area.

"Community leaders such as the heads of kampungs and longhouses must get their voluntary firefighters to fight whatever small wildfires they come across," said Miri fire chief Supt Law Poh Kiong.

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