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BENTONG: Fire destroyed 75 houses and 11 shops in Kampung Baru Karak near here last night. (1 October 2021) Sabai assemblyman Kamache Doray Rajoo said the incident is believed to have started at about 9pm before it was finally brought under control earlier this morning. “About 150 victims who were occupying the premises managed to…
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PENAMPANG, Sept 7 — Four family members, comprising three men and a woman, were burnt to death in a house fire in Taman Hungap caught fire early today. Sabah Fire and Rescue Department assistant director Misran Bisara said the department was alerted of the fire at 2.52am, following which a team of firefighters rushed to…
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A fire broke out at the Bukit OUG Condominium in Bukit Jalil tonight almost destroying two units on the top floor. The Kuala Lumpur Fire and Rescue Department said there were no casualties. In a statement, senior operations commander Mohamad Hafidz Yaakob said they received a call at around 9.14pm and arrived at the scene…
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Fire razed part of a building, which was still under construction, at the Tanah Merah Hospital, here, last night. (18 January 2021) The fire broke out at 8.30pm from the first to the third floor of the seven-storey building. Tanah Merah Fire and Rescue station chief, Mohd Rafain Mat Zain said a team of 13…
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A total of 15 out of 25 government buildings in Perak including a hospital, have not obtained their Fire and Rescue Department’s Fire Certificate (FC). State Fire and Rescue Department’s Fire Safety Department assistant director Syed Azman Syed Ghazali said these buildings were categorised as ‘designated buildings’ which required the FC. He said the FC…
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The difference between a basic fire insurance and a houseowner / householder insurance is the latter include a coverage; Aircraft and Other Aerial Devices and/or articles dropped therefrom. Many people when told of this coverage often think that changes of this happening is very remote. Yes, the occurrence is indeed very remote, but that does…
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Conservationists fear a catastrophic fire is waiting to happen after a table in the corridor of the Old Sanitary Board and Town Hall building at Dataran Merdeka was destroyed on Saturday morning. They said the fire, which charred a window, was a wake-up call for the authorities to secure and conserve the cluster of iconic…
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Fire broke out in a room at the Northeast police headquarters’ Narcotics Criminal Investigation Department this morning, damaging some 40 per cent of the structure. The room, located on the fourth floor, houses the administrative and photography units. No one was injured in the incident. Northeast police chief Assistant Commissioner Soffian Santong said the fire…
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You will probably come cross this question when insuring your content for either a fire insurance or burglary insurance. What value should you insured for your content? And what is the difference between First Loss and Full Value? Insuring your content on a Full Value basis is straight-forward. If your content or stock is worth…
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LAST YEAR, about RM3.31bil worth of property was destroyed in fire-related incidents, according to statistics from the Fire and Rescue Department. What is even more alarming is that only two million out of eight million homes in the country are insured, said its director-general Datuk Mohammad Hamdan Wahid. “Many people think such a disaster will…
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