{
  "id": 8599579,
  "title": "Fire razes 10‑door longhouse in remote Penan settlement in Ulu Baram",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/fire-razes-10-door-longhouse-in-remote-penan-settlement-in-ulu-baram",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-20T03:42:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/09/20/fire-razes-10door-longhouse-in-remote-penan-settlement-in-ulu-baram/235841"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A fire has completely destroyed a 10-door longhouse in Kampung Long Jekitan, a remote Penan Silat settlement in Ulu Baram, Marudi, Sarawak. The Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department received a distress call at around 2:50pm and alerted the Marudi Police Station. The incident location, estimated to be eight hours away via logging roads, prompted the dispatch of a team from Marudi fire station to reach the scene the following day, September 20. Long Jekitan is situated along Sungai Silat in the interior of Upper Baram, near the Indonesian border and east of the Usun Apau plateau.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}