Volunteer firefighters save longhouse in Sarawak's Sebuyau District


MIRI: A 48-door longhouse was saved from being razed to the ground thanks to the quick action of a group of voluntary community firefighters in the Sebuyau District in central Sarawak.

"A fire happened in one of the housing units at around 10pm on Monday (June 1) and the Sg Buluh Community Voluntary Firefighting Unit was alerted, ” said the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department in an update Tuesday (June 2).

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