Fire destroys 12-door longhouse, community hall at Long Selaan

Flame engulfing the village.

MIRI: A block of 12-door longhouse and a community hall were destroyed in a fire at Long Selaan in Ulu Baram earlier today.

Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said the fire occurred at around 11.05am.

“No casualties and injuries were reported. There are about 60 victims in the village,” it said in a statement today,

It said a team of personnel from Marudi Fire and Rescue station (Bomba Marudi) who was on their way back to the station from Long Moh, had to turn back and is now on the way to Long Selaan.

Long Selaan is a Kenyah village located some 10 hours by four-wheel-drive from Miri.

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