3 brothers burnt to death in house fire in Sarawak

 

The two-storey house had been destroyed by the time firefighters from the fire and rescue department arrived.

LIMBANG: Three brothers were burnt to death when the house they lived in with six other family members in Kampung Seberang Kedai, Lawas, here caught fire last night.

The three were identified as four-year-old Mohd Hesdi Huzaidi Azrie and his two older brothers, Mohd Hezmi Huzaili Azrie and Mohd Hezry Huzaimi Azrie, aged seven and eight respectively.

The other six family members were reported to have escaped from the burning house.

A spokesman from the operations centre of the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department said a team of seven firefighters from the Lawas fire and rescue station rushed to the scene, 17km away, after receiving a distress call at 11pm.

“The fire involved a two -storey house which was destroyed by the time the fire team arrived,” said the spokesman.

According to the spokesman, the six victims who escaped in the fire were the victims’ parents, Azrie Latip, 45, and Dayangku Hadianawati, 38, their older siblings, sister Ariesya Aryana Azrie,14, and brother Muhd Hezrie Azrie,12, and their grandparents Awangku Jeman Pengiran Abd Hamid, 72, and Aminah Matusop, 73.

The firefighting operation ended at 12.45am today and the bodies were handed over to the police for further action. - FMT