KANOWIT, Nov 9 — A 24-door longhouse, Rumah Seliau at Sungai Tuah here, was badly damaged in a fire on Monday.
The Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre said it received a call about the incident at 1.39am.
“Sixteen firefighters from Kanowit and Sibu Jaya fire stations were deployed to the scene, about 46km away.
“The fire involved a permanent-structure longhouse measuring approximately 430 feet by 100 feet, with an estimated 80 per cent of the building destroyed,” it said in a statement.
