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At least 30 makeshift wooden homes have been destroyed in a fire in Malaysia’s Sabah state, Sandakan, officials said on Wednesday, in the second blaze reported in the area in less than two weeks.
The Sabah Fire and Rescue Department said the early morning fire swept through a settlement in Sandakan district in the northeast of the state, an area where some of the country’s poorest residents, including indigenous and stateless communities, live in tightly packed wooden structures.
No deaths or injuries were reported.
It was the second major fire in Sandakan since April 19, when a large blaze destroyed about 1,000 homes and displaced thousands in a coastal village.
Sandakan Fire and Rescue station chief Jimmy Lagung said about 186 residents were affected.
“It is estimated that about 186 residents are affected. We’re still investigating the cause of the fire,” he told AFP by telephone.
The fire department said 21 firefighters were deployed to contain the blaze and were able to stop it from spreading to about 100 nearby homes.
