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JOHOR BAHRU: An elderly married couple was burned alive when they were trapped in a fire involving three stores in Sungai Rengit, Pengerang, near Kota Tinggi, early yesterday morning.
Commander of Fire and Rescue Operations of Bandar Penawar, Deputy Superintendent Mohd Fadli Ismail said that the hardware store employee, Chong Chin Sin, 71, and his wife, Tan Ah Yeng, 70 , who both lived on the scene, died in the fire that was reported at 3:45 am
Mohd Fadli said the eight firefighters in a fire engine rushed to the scene of the fire. fire, they found a motorcycle repair shop, a hardware store and a shop selling televisions
"It was impossible to know in which shop the fire had started, however, three vehicles, two vans and a Volvo car been damaged in the fire, "he said yesterday.
Firefighting operations in the three wood workshops built more than 50 years ago were still in progress. The cause of the fire and estimated losses are still under investigation, he said. – Bernama
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