Kota Kinabalu: A cable storage store owned by Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) at Batu 7, Jalan Tuaran, caught fire at 12.50pm on Thursday (pic).
SESB in a statement said the cause of the fire is still under investigation by the relevant parties.
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Some 64 firefighters from Kota Kinabalu, Lintas and Penampang were deployed to the scene and the fire was brought under control by 5.06pm.
Preliminary findings showed that the fire involved three acres of a 3.7 acre area.
An empty house was also destroyed in the fire.
Nobody was reported hurt in the fire.
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The fire involved mainly wooden electrical cable reels owned by SESB.
It could not be immediately ascertained how many electrical cable reels were destroyed.
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