Man killed in Sitiawan house fire


IPOH: A 46-year-old man was killed in a fire that razed a house in Sitiawan early Wednesday morning.

Perak Fire and Rescue Department assistant director (operations) Sabarodzi Nor Ahmad, said that the charred remains of Muhammad Khairul Ridzuan Muhamad Taib was found in the living room of the single-storey terrace house.

He said the department received an emergency call at 2.40 am, after which a team of firefighters from the Sitiawan and Seri Manjung Fire and Rescue Stations was dispatched to the scene.

"The fire destroyed about 60 per cent of the house. Seven other occupants managed to escape without injury,” he said in a statement on Wednesday (Sept 25).

Sabarodzi added that the fire was extinguished, and the operation ended at 5.16 am.

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