Girl, 11, dies as wooden house goes up in smoke


Firemen removing the remains the victim, Nur Hidayah Ramli, 11. The rest of her family managed to escape the fire which consumed their wooden house in Kg Pulau Melayu near Miri, Sarawak on Oct 23, 2019.

MIRI: An eleven-year-old girl died as a fire consumed a wooden house in Kampung Pulau Melayu at the outskirts of the city here.

Nur Hidayah Ramli, 11, perished as she was unable to escape the burning structure in the 4am incident Wednesday (Oct 23).

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