LABUAN: A two-storey semi-permanent shop was destroyed in a fire in Kampung Lajau on Saturday, while civil defence personnel also responded to incidents involving a fallen tree and a monitor lizard on the same day.
The Labuan Fire and Rescue Department said the blaze was reported at 3.39am at a shophouse in Simpang 10, Kampung Lajau.
Twenty-four firefighters were deployed, and upon arrival, the building was already 60 per cent engulfed in flames.
Firefighters brought the fire under control in less than an hour, with operations concluding at 6.54am.
No casualties were reported, and the cause of the fire and estimated losses are still under investigation.
Separately, the Civil Defence Force responded to three incidents throughout the day. At 10.39am, personnel cleared a fallen tree blocking a car park in Kampung Sungai Pagar. At 3.01pm, they captured a monitor lizard that had entered a shop at D’One Mart, Peladang, and released it back to its natural habitat.
