Penang sees third fire fatality in a week


GEORGE TOWN: Penang has recorded its third casualty from a building fire within a week, the latest being a man believed to be a person with disabilities (PwD) in a two-storey shophouse blaze in Jalan Seri Bahari here on Wednesday (April 12).

The charred remains of the victim, said to be a senior citizen, were found in a bathroom on the ground floor after the fire.

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