Hamzah's mum-in-law dies in Ipoh house fire
The 9.19pm blaze left a bedroom on the lower floor of the double-storey house 80% destroyed. (Bernama pic)
PETALING JAYA : The mother-in-law of opposition leader Hamzah Zainudin died in a fire at her home in Ipoh last night.
Salmiah Nyakk Matt, 84, died in the 9.19pm blaze while Hamzah's father-in-law, Abdul Ghani Ngah, 83, is receiving medical treatment for breathing difficulties.
Salmiah's body was discovered in a bedroom on the lower floor of the double-storey house, which was 80% destroyed by the fire, Kosmo reported.
Ghani was in a room upstairs when the fire broke out. Four other family members, between 18 and 49 years of age, escaped unharmed.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Hamzah, the Bersatu deputy president, is also the MP for Larut.
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