Fire razes 30 squatter houses in morning blaze


Fire at Kg Sundang Laut Batu Sapi, Sandakan, which destroyed over 80 structures on Wednesday morning.

KOTA KINABALU: Hundreds of squatters managed to salvage their makeshift homes after working together to contain the spread of a fire that destroyed more than 80 structures at Kampung Sundang Laut, Batu Sapi, on Wednesday (April 21) morning.

The fire, which started at about 7am, managed to be brought under control with only 30 squatter homes razed after firemen arrived not long afterwards.

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