JOHOR BARU, July 8 — An elderly married couple was burnt to death when they were trapped in a fire involving three shops in Sungai Rengit, Pengerang, near Kota Tinggi, early this morning.
Bandar Penawar Fire and Rescue Station Operations Commander, Assistant Superintendent Mohd Fadli Ismail said the hardware shop worker, Chong Chin Sin, 71, and his wife, Tan Ah Yeng, 70, who both both lived on the premises, perished in the fire which was reported at 3.45am.
Mohd Fadli said eight firemen in a fire engine rushed to the scene of the blaze, which they found involved a motorcycle repair shop, a hardware shop and a store selling televisions.
“It could not be ascertained from which shop the fire had started, however, three vehicles, two vans and a Volvo car were damaged in the fire,” he said, here, today.
Firefighting operations at the three wooden shops, build more than 50 years ago, was still ongoing assisted by 20 personnel from the Sungai Rengit Volunteer Fire Team and seven from the Central Emergency & Fire Services Response Unit from the Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development project in Pengerang.
The cause of the fire and estimated losses are still being investigated, he said. — Bernama
