A 31-year-old woman renting a room was killed in a Sarikei shophouse fire, found unconscious in the bathroom and pronounced dead at the scene.
SARIKEI: A 31-year-old woman was killed in a fire at a rented room on the fourth floor of a shophouse building here today.
A Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department operations centre spokesperson said the victim, who was renting the room, was found unconscious in the bathroom.
She was pronounced dead at the scene by a medical officer.
The department received a distress call at 4.51pm and dispatched a team from the Sarikei Fire and Rescue Station.
The shophouse is located about two kilometres from the station.
“The fire involved a room which was turned into a rental unit on the fourth floor of a shophouse building, with damage estimated at 60%,” the spokesperson said in a statement.
The body was handed over to the police at 7 pm for further action.
The firefighting operation ended at 7.55 pm.