Keningau: Two sisters, aged 15 and 12, were killed when their two-storey home was razed at Mile 27, Jalan Tenom-Keningau, here, Saturday. District Police Chief DSP Douglas Taong said police were alerted about the fire at 1.30am. According to the father, his daughters Vanessa Sim, 15, and Jaslina Sim, 12, were asleep on the upper floor and failed to escape, while his two sons slept with him and his wife.
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Douglas said firefighters brought the fire under control with operations ending at about 3.31am. "The firefighters found the charred remains of the two girls on the lower portion of the house," he said.