KUCHING: Three people, including two women, were killed after a house caught fire in Kampung Gita here last night.
They were former Kuching Utara City Council director Affendi @ Pandi Keli, 69, his daughter Aneeqa, 35, and niece, Nor Hasyidah Ajis, 22.
A spokesman for the Sarawak fire and rescue department operations centre said they received a call at about 7pm and the bodies of the victims were found on the upper floor of the house.
Four vehicles were also destroyed, he said in a statement.
He said they brought the blaze under control at 11pm. The cause was still being ascertained.