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KUCHING (Bernama): The home of former Deputy Minister for Internal Trade and Consumer Affairs, Chong Chieng Jen, in Jalan Nyiur, burned down at 4.54 p.m. Thursday (May 7).
Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department Operations Director Tiong Ling Hii said a team of firefighters from the Tabuan Jaya and Batu Lintang Fire and Rescue Stations was immediately deployed to the home of the Sarawak DAP President.
“The operations commander reported that the top floor of the two-story house had caught fire, involving a reading room,” he said when contacted.
Tiong said it took about 20 minutes for firefighters to put out the fire.
The fire destroyed approximately 20% of the room and at the time of the incident, there were five people, two men and three women, in the house.
He said that no injuries or fatalities were reported and that the cause of the fire and the losses suffered were still under investigation.
Chong, who is a member of Stampin’s Parliament, was understood to have been at the house during the incident, but attempts to contact him have been unsuccessful. – Bernama
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