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Hundreds homeless in longhouse fire near Bakun Dam

By Stephen Then
Uma Bawang resettlement longhouse in Sungai Asap resettlement scheme near Bakun Dam on fire. - Bomba Sarawak pic

MIRI: Hundreds are believed to have been rendered homeless, following a fire in the Uma Bawang longhouse in the resettlement scheme near Bakun Dam.

The fire started at about 6pm Monday (April 15) in the longhouse located in the Sungai Asap Resettlement Scheme, some 50km from Bakun Dam in central Sarawak.

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