A single mother and her two daughters from Kota Kinabalu were burnt to death at Kampung Lasau Minusod in the northern Kota Belud district,when fire swept through their wooden house. Lasumping Yatun who is a 46 year old single mother, was asleep on the upper floor with her daughters Penneysia and Jessica,15 years old and 4 years old respectively, when the fire broke out. Her son, Jerizal Jussine who is 20 years old, was sleeping in a bedroom on the ground floor at the time. Jerizal, an odd-job worker, woke up by the sounds of glass window panes cracking. He quickly ran out from the house and after hearing the screams of his mother and sisters, tried to run in to rescue them but was hampered by thick smoke. Jerizal added that the village folk and him tried to force open the iron grilles on the windows but they could not because of the intense heat. The Officer-in-charge of the Kota Belud Fire and Rescue Department Roger Samuel were alerted at about 4.30am and a fire-engine arrived at the scene 35 minutes later. Firemen managed to put out the blaze at about 5.30am. What had cause the fire is being investigated. Roger said that the bodies of the single mother and her two daughters were taken to the Kota Belud district hospital for a post-mortem.
It is just devastating to know that a single mother and her two daughters was burnt to death and no one could do anything about it. Not even the single mother's son. He and he villagers tried to run in to rescue but the heat was too intense. I guess news like this, no one could have done anything to save them, it was just God's plan. The son who survived must be so sad that he had lost his family and I am sure whoever who have ever lost their family members will know what he is going through now. What had cause the fire is still being investigated.
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