Sebuah rumah yang terlibat bermula dari arah Kg Hilir menuju ke arah Kg Datu Lama.
Kesemua penghuni kebanyakannya ialah orang Melayu dan Melanau Islam. Kebanyakan rumah-rumah ini dibina rapat-rapat oleh generasi kedua, ketiga dan keempat.
Kesemua rumah mempunyai bekalan elektrik dan air bersih. Kemungkinan kebakaran kali ini adalah berpunca daripada litar pintas atau gas memasak.
Kebakaran seperti ini kerap berlaku di Sibu. Sebelum ini Kampung Nangka melibatkan berpuluh keluarga hilang tempat tinggal. Beberapa tahun dahulu perkampungan Cina yang padat di Lai chi Lane terbakar dan menyebabkan ramai orang Cina Foochow dan Iban kehilangan tempat tinggal.
Kebakaran tadi bermula lebih kurang jam 4.30 ptg
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SIBU: More than 50 houses are believed to have been burnt in a fire that spread from Kampung Hilir to Kampund Dato, and at press time at 6.35pm, the fire is still spreading, threatening to burn down more houses.
The fire is believed to have been started from an empty house in Kampung Hilir at 3.40pm and fanned by strong wind, it went out of control.
A surau in the heart of the kampung was razed.
Residents at the side of Kampung Hilir said the houses built since colonial time had been flattened.
The fire is burning on both sides of the main road, creating walls of fire, and the roads have become impassable.
Sibu police chief ACP Shafie Ismail said police responded to the fire, setting up an operation room at Abang Ali School.
The fire is spreading towards Paramount Hotel.
Reporters at the scene said it was also spreading into the back portion of Jalan Masjid close to Jalan Ramli Amit
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