KUANTAN: A two-year-old boy died and five other people were injured in a fire at two houses in Jalan Permatang Badak Perdana 2 here early Thursday (April 28).

       Pahang Fire and Rescue Department deputy director (operations) Ismail Abdul Ghani said those injured were two men, two women and an eight-month-old baby girl.

       "The department received a distress call at 3.15am Thursday. The fire destroyed 100% of one of the semi-detached houses and 90% of the other,” he said in a statement.

       Ismail said the fire also destroyed one vehicle and damaged two others.

       Two fire engines with 18 firemen from the Taman Tas and Indera Mahkota stations were dispatched to the scene.

       The cause of the fire had yet to be ascertained, he added. - Bernama