TELUPID: Several commercial and residential buildings here and in Sandakan were destroyed in separate fire incidents early Sunday.
In Telupid, five wooden shop houses, a row of 13-door rental houses and a semi-wooden residential home were destroyed.
Beluran Fire and Rescue Station Chief Edoen Macheal said emergency services received the distress call at 1.09am and arrived at the scene at 3.23am.
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In Sandakan, a former heavy machinery workshop on Jalan Pertukangan, Batu 1.5, was 95 per cent destroyed by fire.
Sandakan Fire and Rescue Station Chief Jimmy Lagung said they were alerted at 1.35am and reached the location by 1.41am.
The workshop building was severely damaged, while an adjacent workers’ quarters sustained 5 per cent fire damage.
Operations were completed by 2.07am with no injuries reported.
The cause and estimated losses for both fire incidents are under investigation.
