Fire breaks out at 2 branches of tahfiz school within 24 hours

 

The damage caused by the fire at the tahfiz school hostel on Sunday. (Fire and rescue department pic)

PETALING JAYA: Two fires broke out at two different branches of Maahad Tahfiz Assyatirie within 24 hours last weekend.

Yesterday, 240 students escaped from a fire at the hostel of the school’s Sungai Dedap branch in Yan, Kedah, at about 4.50pm.

It followed a fire which broke out at the Kampung Pulau Besar branch in the same district on Saturday.

In yesterday’s incident, none of the students were at the hotel as they were in a different study block.

The fire, which broke out at the top floor of the three-story hostel building, was put out by staff members of the tahfiz school using fire extinguishers before the firemen arrived, according to Yan district fire and rescue department chief Fauzi Shuaib.

Utusan Malaysia quoted him as saying that the ceiling and several mattresses were damaged.

Saturday’s fire, which also broke out on the top floor of the two-story hostel building at the Kampung Dulang Besar branch, caused slight damage but no one was hurt as the students were doing outdoor activities. - FMT