MELAKA: A 75-year-old girl died after being trapped in a burning shophouse on Jonker Walk on Tuesday (June 7) night time.
A Melaka Fire and Rescue Department spokesman stated in the 9.37pm incident, Koo Kim Foong suffered burns to a minimum of 70% of her physique.
“The sufferer was discovered unconscious by firemen and he or she was pronounced useless on the scene by a medical officer.
“The fireplace concerned two non permanent shophouses which had been about 80 per cent destroyed,” he stated when contacted right here right now.
He stated 23 firemen together with two fireplace engines from the Melaka Tengah and Padang Temu stations had been deployed to the scene.
The fireplace was introduced beneath management inside 20 minutes whereas the reason for the incident and quantity of losses incurred had been nonetheless beneath investigation.- Bernama
