Fire destroys eight quarters at 10th battalion GOF camp, leaving 18 homeless


SIBU: Eight units of old quarters at the 10th Battalion General Operations Force (GOF) camp at Jalan Lanang here were destroyed in a fire on Sunday (Dec 29).

State Fire and Rescue Department, in a statement on Monday (Dec 30), said the fire left 18 victims homeless. However, two units with three occupants were saved.

"We received a distress call at 7.05pm and immediately dispatched a team of firefighters to the scene," he said.

He added that it took firefighters an hour to put out the fire.

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