Fire at UUM student hostel, four rooms damaged

ALOR SETAR (Bernama): Four rooms at the Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) student hostel block in Sintok here were damaged in a fire incident on the third floor of the building on Tuesday (July 20) morning.

Kedah Fire and Rescue Department deputy director Mohamadul Ehsan Mohd Zain said they were alerted at 10.55am, and 13 firemen from Bukit Kayu Hitam and Jitra fire stations arrived at the scene at 11.08am.