美里省Bekenu一所马来西亚邮政单层建筑星期六早上失火，约70%建筑受损。 消拯局在上午8时44分接获紧急投报，随后从距离约38公里的Batu Niah派队伍前往现场。消拯员于9时21分抵达，使用一条400英尺水管和两支水枪灭火，水源取自附近河流。 这座约40乘40英尺的单层建筑受火势影响。火势扑灭后，消拯员进行检查和善后工作，确认没有残余火源，行动于中午12时30分结束。警方、民防部队、砂拉越能源公司、邮政员工及志愿警卫队也参与行动。 起火原因和预估损失仍在调查中。平时使用Bekenu柜台的民众，前往办理邮政服务前应先等候营运方公布安排，并远离现场的安全管制范围。

About 70% of a one-storey Post Office Malaysia building in Bekenu was damaged in a fire on Saturday morning. The Fire and Rescue Department received the emergency call at 8.44am and sent a team from Batu Niah, about 38 kilometres away. Firefighters reached the scene at 9.21am and used a 400-foot hose line with two water jets, drawing water from a nearby river. The 40-by-40-foot building was made safe after the blaze was extinguished and the site was overhauled to check for remaining fire sources. The operation ended at 12.30pm, with police, the Civil Defence Force, Sarawak Energy, postal staff and Rela assisting. The cause of the fire and the estimated losses remain under investigation. Customers who normally use the Bekenu counter should wait for the postal operator’s service arrangement before making a trip, and keep clear of the secured area.

A massive fire tore through a 21-door longhouse in Bekenu in the early hours of this morning, leaving 136 residents without a home. The Fire and Rescue Department received the distress call at 1:17am. Firefighters from Batu Niah and Miri Central stations rushed to Rumah Nelson Ningkan, Jalan Sungai Saeh, Kampung Labau Bekenu to battle the blaze. The longhouse — a non-permanent wooden structure with individual homes measuring 16×100 square feet — was completely destroyed. It took crews seven hours to contain the fire. Firefighters used four water streams to tackle flames from the front, back, and sides of the building. The operation wrapped up at 8:18am. No injuries or deaths were reported, but all 136 residents have been displaced. Location: Kampung Labau Bekenu, near Miri Details: Non-permanent 21-door longhouse razed; 7-hour firefighting operation; no casualties [image: download] Source: Bomba Source: DayakDaily What do you think?