SIBU: Seventeen people from four families were left with only the clothes on their backs after four wooden houses in Jalan Amoi here were razed in a fire on Tuesday (Sept 10).
Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department acting deputy director Tiong Ling Hii said firemen, who arrived at the scene 10 minutes after receiving a distress call at 8.33am, could not do much as the fire was already raging by then.
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