Workers Escape As Fire Destroys Quarters
By Liza Mohd

Bandar Seri Begawan - Eleven contract workers managed to escape unhurt after a fire gutted their quarters in Kampong Baru, Jalan Badas Seria early yesterday morning.

While no one was injured in the incident, two vehicles were ravaged by the flames, which were believed to have been sparked by a short-circuit at the main switch-board.

The workers managed to save important documents such as passports and identity cards.

The house where the fire occurred at about lam is part of a concrete double-storey home rented to contract workers and six Malaysian nationals staying at the ground floor. Only the wooden upper floor of the house was burnt down.

The Seria fire station received an emergency call at 1.58am and when 15 firefighters arrived at the scene, large flames had engulfed the upper floor.

But the firefighters managed to control the fire from spreading within 15 minutes and received assistance from Brunei Shell Bomba.

According to reports by the Operation B Fire and Rescue Department, it was initially a small fire but had spread uncontrollably. Neighbours attempted to assist but failed to put out the fire and contacted the fire station. The damage is still being ascertained. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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