Drunk man razes entire village
2007-11-29 18:07
Kuala Lumpur - A drunken man who set his mattress on fire managed to burn down his entire village in the eastern Sabah state on Borneo Island, leaving more than 200 people homeless, a news report said on Thursday.
The 29-year-old jobless man was believed to have had a fight with his wife before setting a mattress on fire in his home located within an illegal squatter area, said acting district police chief Ooi Guan Siew.
The fire spread rapidly and destroyed 40 other homes in the same village of Muhibbah in Sandakan district, 400km from Kota Kinabalu, Ooi was quoted as saying by the Star daily.
He said a total of 52 families lived in the 40 wooden-stilted houses that were destroyed in the fire that occurred late on Tuesday, adding that there have been no reports of injuries or deaths.
Police detained the suspect and will be charging him for causing mischief by fire. - Sapa-dpa
- SAPA