MIRI: A late-night fire gutted the Miri City Bus office located in front of Wisma Pelita here, with an estimated 80 per cent of the building destroyed.
The incident, which occurred minutes before midnight yesterday, affected a single-storey semi-permanent structure measuring approximately 40 by 80 square feet.
No casualties were reported in the incident
The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) Sarawak said a distress call was received at 11.51 pm, and personnel from its Miri and Lopeng stations were immediately dispatched to the scene.
“Firefighters managed to bring the situation under control by 12.26am and fully extinguished the flames by 1.45am,” it said in a statement today.
The department added that the operation involved the use of a 400-foot hose line, one dividing breeching, two nozzles and water was sourced from a nearby fire hydrant.
