{"id":48345,"date":"2026-04-19T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T12:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=48345"},"modified":"2026-04-19T12:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T12:00:27","slug":"fire-in-malaysias-sabah-destroys-200-homes-hundreds-displaced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=48345","title":{"rendered":"Fire in Malaysia&#8217;s Sabah destroys 200 homes, hundreds displaced"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Hundreds of people have been displaced after a fire destroyed around 200 \u200bhomes in a coastal village in Malaysia&#8217;s \u200cSabah state on Sunday, state news agency Bernama reported.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities were notified of the fire in Sandakan district at \u200baround 1.32am (1732 GMT), the district&#8217;s fire \u200band rescue chief Jimmy Lagung was quoted \u2060as saying by Bernama.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStrong winds and the close \u200bproximity of the houses caused the fire to \u200bspread rapidly, while low tide conditions also made it difficult to obtain an open water source,\u201d Lagung said.<\/p>\n<p>Read: India, Malaysia exchange 11 cooperation pacts during Modi visit<\/p>\n<p>The fire broke out in one \u200bof Sabah&#8217;s water villages, which feature wooden houses built on \u200cstilts \u2060and are home to some of the country&#8217;s poorest communities, including many stateless and indigenous groups.<\/p>\n<p>Around 445 people have been displaced so far, \u200bBernama said, citing \u200bunofficial figures \u2060of people registered at a temporary relief centre in Sandakan.<\/p>\n<p>Malaysia&#8217;s Prime \u200bMinister Anwar Ibrahim said the federal government \u200bwas \u2060coordinating with Sabah authorities to provide basic assistance and temporary relocation for those affected. &#8220;The priority now \u2060is \u200bthe safety of the victims \u200band immediate assistance on the ground,&#8221; he said in a Facebook \u200bpost.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of people have been displaced after a fire destroyed around 200 \u200bhomes in a coastal village in Malaysia&#8217;s \u200cSabah state on Sunday, state news agency Bernama reported. Authorities were notified of the fire in Sandakan district at \u200baround 1.32am (1732 GMT), the district&#8217;s fire \u200band rescue chief Jimmy Lagung was quoted \u2060as saying by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48345\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}