Body of elderly man found in Semporna fire


Firemen fighting the Monday morning fire at Kampung Tepian Bakau in Semporna.

KOTA KINABALU: An elderly man died in a fire that razed six houses in a water village in Sabah's east coast Semporna district.

The charred remains of the unidentified man were found among the debris by firemen after they put out the fire at Kampung Tepian Bakau at 10am, Monday (Dec 4).

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