IPOH – A 15-year-old boy with disabilities died in a house that caught fire in Jalan Dato Haji Kamaruddin, Kg Dato Sri Kamaruddin, Seri Manjung, today.
Perak Fire and Rescue Department operations division assistant director Sabarodzi Nor Ahmad said the department received a call at 4.11pm regarding a fire in a house which was 90% destroyed.
“The fire killed a 15-year-old disabled male victim who was found on a bed in a room and was confirmed dead at the scene by the Health Ministry,” he said in a statement here today.
He said the mother of the victim had brought her other child, a baby, to work where she had to take care of the sick in front of her house and left the victim at home.
He said the victim’s body was handed over to police for further action.
He said the fire department team applied the concept of RECEO (rescue, exposure, confine, extinguish and overhaul) to put out the fire completely.
The operation ended at 5.52pm today, he said. – Bernama, August 1, 2023
