Evening fire guts Beribi apartment
By Jon Tarnpol, Pg May Fazura Yusrin Junaidi

Bandar Seri Begawan - An apartment belonging to Pg Jamaluddin bin Pg Hidop was destroyed in a 5pm fire at the condominium for Education government servants located in Beribi just over a week away from Hari RayaAidil Fitri.

There were no casualties. The fire destroyed a family's residence was on the second floor of Block EF 26. According to residents of the area, this is the second incident after another in the same area some time ago. Yesterday's fire caught the family of six and a maid, by surprise so quickly that they were unable to save their property.

The block is a two-storey apartment that the family was sharing with other families. The upper floor is unoccupied.

Before the Fire and Rescue Services led by Acting Sr Superintendent Hj Ahmad bin Daud arrived, neighbours and the house owner had used emergency fire extinguishers and formed a water bucket chain to save the day. Fire personnel put out the fire in minutes upon arrival.

In another fire yesterday, a wooden house said to belong to Sidek bin Perali at Terunjing in Kg lambak was gutted at 11.37am. Fire and Rescue from Lambak and Berakas arrived on the scene at 11.50am. Losses were estimated at $20,000. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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