マレーシア・ニュース

葬式が火事で中断される

[　クアラルンプール　]　昨日プチョンで葬式が火事で中断され、急いで棺おけを搬出するという事故が起きた。男性は肺のガンで水曜日に亡くなっていたが、昨日の朝7時半、親族が故人と最後の別れをしようとしていたところ、近所から火がでた。近所の人たちが家財道具などを持ち出すのを見た故人の親族は棺を安全な場所に移した。数分後に火は故人の家を取り囲んだが、幸い親族の迅速な判断により難を逃れた。その後葬式は無事に行われ、故人はプチョンの華人墓地に埋葬された。この火事で１３件の家が被害を受けた。

[MCS　6月18日　1：14配信]

ニュース・ソース

FIRE DISRUPTS FUNERAL SERVICE
RUSH TO SAVE THE DEAD

[ KUALA LUMPUR ] The wake for an elderly man was interrupted by a fire at the Batu 14 squatter settlement in Puchong yesterday.At the height of the fire,several residents were seen puching the coffin to safety.
The man died of lung cancer on Wednesday,and family and relatives were at the house about 7.30am yesterday to pay their last respects when fire broke out at a neighbouring house.
Seeing the other residents carrying their valuables and escaping the blaze,relatives of the deceased decided to push out quickly before any serious damege was done.
The funeral service continued later in the day and the deceased was buried at a Chinese cemetry in Puchong.
Some 13 houses were razed in the fire.
Pupils of the nearby Sekolah Rendah Jenis Kebangsaan Han Ming were evacuated at the height of the blaze.
Subang Jaya Fire and Rescue Department operation chief Abu Hassan Sahadad said the pupils were allowed back into the school some 20 minutes later when the fire was brought under control.

[The Malay Mail 17/6/2005]