PUTRAJAYA: Mental health support is among the assistance being provided to victims of the fire at Kampung Bahagia in Sandakan, says Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.
"Rapid assessment and response teams have been deployed to the relief centres to give immediate clinical intervention to the victims.
"There are also preventive public health and sanitation given to victims to prevent post-disaster disease outbreaks," he said here on Monday (April 20).
The minister also extended his heartfelt condolences to victims and said that no casualties had been reported.
"Only two people were treated at the clinic for fractures and have been discharged," he added.
It was reported that a massive fire tore through Kampung Bahagia on Sunday (April 19), leaving up to 1,000 homes destroyed and affecting 9,007 residents.
The blaze, which broke out around 1.30am, spread rapidly and left families with little time to escape as flames engulfed entire rows of homes.
