BALING: A 12-year-old girl was burnt to death as fire razed her home in Kampung Besah, Kuala Ketil near here today.
Kedah Fire and Rescue Department deputy director (operations) Senior Fire Officer I Wan Mohd Hamizi Wan Mohd Zin said the victim has been identified as Nor Batrisha Razali.
“Firefighters from the Baling fire station were dispatched to the scene upon receiving a distress call about 7.08 am.
“The double-storey house was about 90 per cent destroyed when firemen arrived at the scene,” he said in a statement today.
Wan Mohd Hamizi said the victim’s remains were found in a bedroom on the ground floor of the house.
Meanwhile, Baling district police chief Supt Shamsudin Mamat, when contacted, said the body has been sent to the Kulim Hospital for post-mortem and investigations into the incident were ongoing. -Bernama