Expectant mum and kids perish in Malaysia fire

TAIPING - A pregnant mother and her two children were killed in a fire at Kampung Sungai Relong, Kamunting, near here.

Their burnt bodies were found by firemen during the firefighting operation yesterday which began at about 1.35am, said Taiping OCPD Asst Comm Osman Mamat.He said the deceased were Jazmanniza Man, 35, Muhammad Anas Rizqi Mokhd Khairul, four, and Nur Auliya Medina Mohd Khairul, three.

He said the woman was five to six months' pregnant.

​Her husband Mohd Khairul Ismail, 38, son Muhammad Afip Aryan, six, and her brother Jamal Alzuan, 33, were injured but survived the incident, ACP Osman said in a statement.

The cause of the fire was still being investigated, he added.

He said the bodies of the deceased had been sent to the Taiping Hospital for post-mortem.