KOTA KINABALU: A durian seller died after falling unconscious from an electric shock while trying to escape a burning hut in Kota Belud district on Tuesday (Aug 20). The 67-year-old, identified as Latihim Baling Kok, was said to have touched live wires as she was fleeing the hut. Sabah Fire and Rescue Department station chief for Kota...
SIBU: Two men lost their lives after the car they were travelling in was involved in a pile-up in Siniawan, Bau, on Thursday (June 27). The victims were Atong Nebok, 62, and Wilson Atong, 36. The collision involved two cars, a lorry, and a van. The State Fire and Rescue Department said in its daily update that...
KUALA LUMPUR: One person has died and another injured after a tree fell on Jalan Sultan Ismail here, hitting 17 vehicles. KL Fire and Rescue Department assistant director (operations) M. Fatta M. Amin said they received a distress call at 2.19pm on Tuesday (May 7). "We dispatched 27 firemen, four fire engines and four emergency medical rescue...
KOTA KINABALU: A search has been mounted for a six-year-old autistic girl who went missing from her home in Penampang on Friday (March 1). According to the report that came in at 5.44pm, the victim's mother realised her daughter, Avelyn Alesha Jude, was not in the house in Kampung Sugud at 4pm. "She tried to search for...
IPOH: One woman died while four other people are feared to have drowned after being swept away in a water surge incident at Kampung Poh in Bidor. Perak Fire and Rescue Department director Sayani Saidon said the incident occurred at about 4pm on Wednesday (Feb 7) while the victims were picnicking near a river in the...
ALOR SETAR: A four-year-old girl, who was stuck in a washing machine, was successfully rescued in an incident at a house in Jalan Felda Lubuk Merbau, Kuala Nerang near here on Wednesday. Kuala Nerang Fire and Rescue Station chief Mohd Aminuddin Mad Khozali said he received an emergency call at 3.53pm on Wednesday (Jan 31) regarding...
KOTA KINABALU: The Fire and Rescue Department was called in to assist in carrying the body of a 59-year-old man who was found dead during a trip to an orchard in Tamparuli on Tuesday (Jan 16). Lotimin Maun was earlier reported to have left his house at Kampung Ruhiang there to do gardening work at 2.30am,...
KOTA KINABALU: A 59-year-old cement mixer truck operator was killed during a mishap in Tawau district on Tuesday (Dec 5). The report came in at 3.59pm informing that the victim was pinned inside the vehicle after he lost control of the truck and caused it to overturn at an area in Kampung Serudung Baru, Jalan Lucia...
KOTA KINABALU: Two children are suspected to have drowned at a river in Keningau district on Monday (Oct 2). According to the report received at 5.07pm, the girls Azila Jabar, 12, and her younger sister Arlina Jabaraged, nine, were at Kampung Lingkudou River when the incident occurred. A search and rescue operation has been launched to locate...
KOTA KINABALU: A 64-year-old man died after he was pinned by a heavy loader he was operating during an incident in Pitas on Thursday (July 27). According to the Fire and Rescue Department, they received a report of the case at 2.41pm which occurred at Felcra palm oil plantation in Kampung Rosob there. A team from Kota...
