Brief rainfall helps firefighters put out Kuala Penyu forest fire

The peat soil in the area, combined with the dry weather, made it challenging for firemen to battle the blaze.

KOTA KINABALU: A brief spell of rain helped firefighters battle a raging forest fire in Sabah’s south-western Kuala Penyu district.

Firemen managed to extinguish the blaze at about 1pm on Thursday (Feb 1), after an overnight battle to keep it from spreading further than the 600ha already burnt through from the day before.