Man injured in early morning fire

KUCHING: A man sustained injuries to his left leg while attempting to extinguish a fire that broke out at Kampung Pulo Hulu here today (July 7).

The State Fire and Rescue Operations Centre (Bomba) received a distress call at 1.11am pertaining to the incident.

Firefighters from the Petra Jaya fire station were then dispatched to the scene, and was then assisted by Tabuan Jaya fire station to douse the flames at the scene.

Upon arrival at 1.20am, firefighters found two houses up in flames. One two-storey house was completely destroyed, while another sustained 10 per cent damage from the fire.

A witness at the scene said that the fire began on the second floor.

Bomba reported that the man sustained injuries to his left leg while attempting to extinguish the fire before the firefighters arrived at the scene.

The man was then sent to the Sarawak General Hospital in an Emergency Medical Rescue Services (EMRS) vehicle for treatment.

To combat the fire, the team used one stream of 300-feet hose equipped with two nozzles to prevent the fire from spreading to the next house.

A total of 18 firefighters were involved in the operation and managed to bring the fire under control at 1.40am.

The operation then ended around 2.42am and the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.