Landslides And Flood Hit Brunei Residents

Bandar Seri Begawan – As many as eight emergency calls prompted the Jerudong Fire Services Department to act swiftly yesterday and assist families affected by landslides and flooded homes in the area.

Police sources said that of the eight, two calls were to render services to those affected by landslides and six of which were to help families in flooded homes.

Earlier Saturday afternoon, some areas in Kampung Pengkalan Batu, in particular, Batu Ampar, were flooded which also triggered landslides.

According to Jamain bin Haji Simba, an officer from the DSO the Fire Station advised the residents of the most damaged home to find other accommodation in the meantime for their own safety.

One of the houses that was damaged most belonged to Dayang Faedah Nur Huda binti Haji Matzain.

She recounted her first-hand experience which occurred at quarter to 4pm yesterday.

She said it rained very heavily and then in less than a minute, the landslide occurred, crashing into the back of her house and caving in several rooms.

One of the rooms that caved in was occupied by three-year old Dayang Nasuha, who, at the time, was asleep and buried under all the dirt and rubble.

The men and the maids saved her by pulling her out and she was sent to hospital.

After that, all the children were immediately sent to a neighbour’s house for their safety.

Dayang Nasuha binti Supindi was thankful that she suffered only minor injuries. She is now recovering at home after being cleared by the doctors in the hospital.

With the extensive damages brought by this incident, it would be difficult to put a preliminary assessment of the losses incurred so far.

However, for the families affected, their New Year had unfortunately gotten off to a very bad start even before it begun. -- Courtesy of Radio Television Brunei

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