Swift moves saved backpackers


KOTA KINABALU: Thanks to firefighters’ quick action, six foreign tourists were rescued after a fire broke out at a backpackers’ lodge in Kampung Air here.

Firemen safely brought down the tourists, who stood on the ledge of the building after they were trapped by the blaze and smoke yesterday morning.

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