Eatery stalls located at the old section of Kuching town, popularly known as the ‘Open-Air’ Market nearly became history of a sort on Monday night when one of the stalls there caught fire.
Popular with Kuchingites and visitors alike, crowds who patronise the stalls had to leave behind their meals when the fire broke out.
However as soon as two fire engines were dispatched to the scene and personnel were able to bring the situation under control within minutes, preventing worse damage to the 40-stall market which originally had been built in the 1940s.
Later it was revealed the blaze started at a kitchen area of a stall selling pork porridge located at the center of the market.
The stall owner confessed that the fire was a result of a leakage in one of the rubber hoses connecting the gas cylinders to the stove due to excessive heat during cooking.
The gas leakage apparently ignited and burst into a jet of flame which shot upwards and set fire to the roof.
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