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7 t2 G! R4 W1 C2 [: sSEREMBAN: The year began on a sad note for shopkeepers at Pekan Kampung Baru Batu 8, Labu, near here, when fire swept through 16 shophouses and a house. There were no casualties.
) S, h. [( A- z. @4 B5.39.217.76 The fire destroyed three coffee shops, two motorcycle workshops, two bookstores, two barber shops, two sundry shops, a photocopy shop, a restaurant and a flower shop besides a vacant house.
2 r5 k, S& Y7 J: ^9 c5 O- j Negri Sembilan Fire and Rescue Department assistant director of operations Ahmad Nizam Sapaiee said 25 fire-fighters with four engine — two each from Seremban and Seremban 2 — were sent to the scene after the department was alerted about the fire at 2.32am yesterday.
3 v# u: R: [( D( @! stvb now,tvbnow,bttvb The firemen brought the blaze under control in 30 minutes, he said, adding that the cause of the fire had yet to be ascertained.
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In a separate incident, a storeroom in a church at Nilai old town near here was destroyed in a fire at about 11.30am yesterday as some 60 worshippers were attending Sunday Mass.
( r. p2 Q" D3 O% p公仔箱論壇Ahmad Nizam said 14 fire-fighters from three engines took 10 minutes to douse the flames.+ b- ^: W% W( v6 @
He said a Nepalese in his 30s had to be taken to a nearby clinic after he suffered breathing difficulties when he tried to remove items from the storeroom.公仔箱論壇) z* v$ s# @* a# U8 N% V% d6 A
The cause of the fire is still being investigated. — Bernama |