2 toddlers die in bedroom fire at home

 

The two victims were found in a bedroom that was 60% destroyed in the fire. Their mother escaped unhurt. (Bomba pic)

JOHOR BAHRU: Two siblings died in a house fire on Jalan Bunga Raya Besar, Kampung Dato Sulaiman Menteri, here this afternoon.

Johor fire and rescue department acting director Rizal Buang said the victims killed in the 1.41pm fire were three-year-old Zafran Muhammad Fikri and his two-year-old sister, Nurul Hawa Zafira.

He said 21 firemen from the Tebrau and Larkin fire and rescue stations helped put out the fire after receiving a distress call.

“The charred remains of the two children were found in a bedroom which was 60% destroyed in the fire,” he said in a statement here today.

He said the remains of the two siblings were sent to Sultanah Aminah Hospital here for further action and that the cause of the fire was still under investigation.

He said the two siblings were in the house with their mother when the fire broke out.

However, their mother did not suffer any injuries.

“We have sought the assistance of the Fire Detection Dog Unit, or K9 unit, which is on its way from Kuala Lumpur, to facilitate investigations,” he said. - FMT