00:01The Penang Fire and Rescue Department has collected several evidence samples from the scene of a fire at the Odeon
00:08Building on Jalan, Penang, that claimed the life of a construction worker on Saturday night.
00:14State Director Mohammad Shoki Hamza said the samples, including those taken near where the victim's body was discovered, will be
00:21sent to the fire investigation laboratory for analysis.
00:24Preliminary investigations indicate that the fire may have started in the middle section of the ground floor of the two
00:31-storey heritage building, which was undergoing renovation, to be converted into a restaurant.
00:37Firefighters found both the front and rear entrances locked during the incident.
00:42About 70% of the building was destroyed, while the source and cause of the fire remain under investigation, with
00:49assistance from the K-9 detection unit.
00:52The body of the victim, identified as 56-year-old Mohammad Borshi Sabi Ullah, was found near the building's exit
01:01after the blaze was extinguished at about 11.15pm.
01:05The case has been classified as a sudden death and investigations are ongoing.
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