Six houses razed in Kg Baru fire

KUALA LUMPUR: A fire destroyed six houses at Kampung Baru on Monday morning (Jan 29).

According to City Fire and Rescue Department operations commander Muhamad Hafidz Yaacob, they received a distress call at 10.18am.

"We dispatched fire engines and 16 personnel from the Titiwangsa, Tun Razak and Sentul stations.

"They arrived at the scene at Lorong Raja Muda Musa 3 and found that six houses were on fire," he said in a statement.

The firemen used offensive and defensive firefighting techniques to control the blaze and keep it from spreading to nearby houses, he added.

"No one was injured, and the cause of the fire is under investigation.

"The fire was extinguished at 11.09am," he said.