Five homes destroyed, firemen use seawater to douse blaze in Semporna water village


KOTA KINABALU: Five houses on stilts were destroyed in a fire at the water village of Kampung Pulau Larapan Hujung in Sabah’s east coast Semporna district on Sunday (May 14).

Also razed in the 12.40pm incident was a multipurpose hall.

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