Sibu Fire Disaster Fund

SIBU: A bank account has been opened for the public to channel donations to the victims of a fire in Kampung Datu here last Wednesday.

Donations can be made to the account no. 11090011389059 at CIMB Bank in the name of 'Jawatankuasa Bencana Kampung Datu/Kampung Hilir', said a spokesman of the committee, Hamden Merais.

Hamden said people who wished to donate in kind could do so at the operations room of the committee at the office of the Sibu Islamic Development Board (Lakis) at the An-Nur Mosque here.

According to the Sibu Social Welfare Department, 735 people from 101 families had registered as victims of the fire.

Most of the victims are being accommodated at the Lakis school building. -- BERNAMA