Two Bombardier aircraft douse forest fires in northern Sarawak


Miri fire chief Supt Law Poh Kiong (second left) explaining the latest on the Kuala Baram forest fires to Lee.

MIRI: Forest fires in some 109 hectares (270 acres) of jungles in Kuala Baram district - roughly the size of 270 football fields combined - were doused Tuesday.  

As of late afternoon, the two Bombardier aircraft from Subang helped in aerial water bombing operations to douse fires in the district in northern Sarawak.  

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