Tokong dua tingkat musnah dalam kebakaran di Air Itam

GEORGE TOWN: Sebuah tokong dua tingkat di Air Itam di sini musnah apabila terbakar dalam kejadian pada jam 6.15 petang, Selasa.

Pegawai Operasi Balai Bomba dan Penyelamat (BBP) Paya Terubong, Mohd Shakir Abdullah berkata, pihaknya menerima panggilan kecemasan pada jam 6.17 petang.

Menurutnya, sejurus panggilan diterima, beberapa pasukan bomba dari BBP Paya Terubong dengan bantuan daripada BBP Jalan Perak dan BBP Bayan Baru telah dikejarkan ke lokasi kejadian.

"Ketika tiba di lokasi kejadian iaitu Lorong Lembah Ria, Jalan Pasar di Air Itam, kita mendapati api sedang marak melibatkan sebuah tokong dua tingkat (kelas b) berkeluasan 40x40 kaki persegi.

"Anggaran peratusan kemusnahan adalah 80 peratus. Kita turut dibantu oleh balai dan pasukan bomba sukarela berhampiran," katanya dalam satu kenyataan pada Selasa.

Katanya, operasi pemadaman telah dijalankan dan kebakaran terkawal.

Tambah beliau, tiada mangsa terlibat dalam kejadian tersebut sementara punca kebakaran dan kerugian masih dalam siasatan. -Sinar Harian

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