2 senior citizens killed in Ipoh apartment fire

The fire at the apartment at Taman Meru Impiana, near Meru Raya in Ipoh this morning. (Bernama Twitter pic)

IPOH: A man and a woman, believed to be senior citizens, were killed in a fire at an apartment at Taman Meru Impiana, near Meru Raya, early today.

Perak Fire and Rescue Department Zone 1 chief Mohd Khairul Jamil, said their charred bodies were found in the living room and bedroom corridor of the apartment.

Sixteen personnel from the Ipoh and Meru Raya fire and rescue stations went to the scene after receiving a distress call at about 3.40am.

The firemen, with the help of the Bercham and Pekan Baru volunteer fire and rescue squads, put the blaze out at 4.45am.

Khairul said the identity of the victims and cause of the fire had yet to be ascertained. - FMT