On 9th December 2008 around 5am, one whole row of the old shophouses, out of 5 were destroyed in a fire.

Originally there were 6 shophouses built sometime 1954. One was destroyed in another fire in 1976.

Three sundry shops, a jewellery shop, a tailor shop, two book stores, a restaurant and two shops selling mobile phones were totally destroyed.

Also destroyed were a luxury car which belonged one of the shopowners:

Pic courtesy of Romeo

The fire was believed to have started in the jewellery shop.

All 30 people who lived in the building residing in the units escaped in time.

Some videos follow.

The following was taken apparently around 6am:

The uploader of the above video claimed that the fire started at midnight, but firemen only arrived several hours later, even though there is a fire station located about 10 minutes drive away in the town of Tuaran.

The following should be later as it was already light. Fire’s still raging:

The following was apparently taken at 9am; by then the fire was fully extinguished:

Firemen cleaning up:

Ref:
Daily Express, 11th Dec 2008

… one wonders if the owner of the burnt Merc went for the cheapest auto insurance available .

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