2-year old boy, five people injured in Kuantan fire

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Pahang Fire and Rescue Department deputy director (Operations) Ismail Abdul Ghani said those injured were two men, two women and an eight-month-old baby girl.

KUANTAN - A two-year-old boy died and five other people were injured in a fire at two houses in Jalan Permatang Badak Perdana 2 here early today.

Pahang Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) deputy director (Operations) Ismail Abdul Ghani said those injured were two men, two women and an eight-month-old baby girl.

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"The department received a distress call at 3.15am. The fire destroyed 100 per cent of one of the semi-D house and 90 per cent of the other house,” he said in a statement.

Ismail said the fire also destroyed one vehicle and damaged two others.

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Two fire engines with 18 firemen from Taman Tas and Indera Mahkota stations were dispatched to the scene.

The cause of the fire had yet to be ascertained, he added. - BERNAMA

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