BALING: The remains of an elderly woman has been found after her two-storey house near Taman Seri Baling here caught fire at around midnight on Sunday (April 23).
Baling district police chief Supt Shamsudin Mamat said that the victim was identified as Lim Phaik Luang @ Lim Pek Aiee, 82, and her body was found at 12.45am Sunday, adding that the fire also engulfed another unoccupied double-storey house.
"The investigating officer was informed by the firefighters that the house, measuring 20 by 40 feet was 90% burnt. The distance between the two houses was around 5m," he said in a statement on Sunday. "The fire is believed to have started from the victim's house and spread to the nearby house. Firefighters were able to control it from spreading further," Shamsudin said, adding that the victim's body was sent to Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital in Alor Setar for an autopsy.
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