Sabah & Sarawak

Two family members killed in house fire

Wednesday, 21 May 2025

Cause sought: Firemen conducting an inspection on the charred remains of the premises.

KOTA KINABALU: A teenager and her grandmother ended up perishing in a blaze in their family home.

Joeynita Abdul Alip, 15, was sleeping in the same room as her grandmother Ruslia@Gisis Guntamas, 80, when the fire broke out at about 5am yesterday.

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