She wanted to stay home, but a Kuching father’s insistence saved her when their house fell into the river

On October 3, a riverside house near Kampung Bintawa Tengah collapsed into the river, displacing Isniah Daud and her family.

Fortunately, none of the five family members were injured as they were not at home during the incident.

The family managed to salvage some important documents from the wreckage, though some items were irretrievable.

The collapse also affected a neighboring house, and occupants were advised by firefighters not to stay there due to the instability caused by debris impact.

For the time being, Isniah and her family are residing with relatives.

KUCHING, Oct 4 — Isniah Daud was tending to her kuih stall with her three daughters when a neighbour called to tell her that their riverside house near Kampung Bintawa Tengah had collapsed into the river yesterday morning.

The 42-year-old immediately left the stall, leaving her daughters to continue tending to it, and rushed home.

Her youngest daughter, 11, had initially wanted to remain at home that morning but eventually followed her mother after her father, Mohd Ismail Mostapha, insisted she go along.

“Good thing my youngest daughter was not at home. At first she wanted to stay in, but my husband insisted she should come with me, so she did,” Isniah told The Borneo Post when met.

Her husband was away doing contract work involving the opening of containers when the incident occurred.

Isniah said she had experienced an unexplained sense of unease shortly before the collapse.

“When I was tending to my kuih stall, I seemed to have a bad feeling but I can’t really explain it.

“Then, all of a sudden, the flour and some coconut water spilled. A friend of mine who also sells kuih there jokingly asked, ‘Why did you play with your flour and your coconut water?’

“About 10 minutes later, a neighbour called me about the incident. I left immediately, leaving my daughters to tend to the stall,” she said.

The family later managed to recover some certificates and important documents from the rubble, but her daughters’ identification cards could not be retrieved as they were inside a bedroom that had been submerged.

“When we checked the rubble, we saw my youngest daughter’s bed impaled by a collapsed pole of the house.

“I was thinking, what if my youngest daughter had stayed in the house today,” she said.

Isniah said the house was about 18 years old, although she had lived there for 14 years after her sister handed it over to her when she built a new house.

She said the family had been concerned about the condition of the riverside house, particularly during rainy weather.

“Since the house is at the riverside, of course it concerns me, especially when there’s rain — we can feel the house shaking.

“We did plan to renovate the house but well, didn’t manage,” she said.

The collapse also damaged a neighbouring house after debris from Isniah’s house struck two of its poles, leaving the structure unstable.

Isniah said firefighters had advised the occupants not to remain in the house.

“As for my family, for now we’re staying at my uncle’s house,” she said.

Isniah, her husband and their three daughters escaped unhurt in the incident.

Her husband later went to the police station to lodge a report, following advice from firefighters and police who attended the scene.

The incident occurred at about 9.30am, with the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department receiving a report at around 1.16pm before personnel from the Petra Jaya Fire and Rescue Station were dispatched to the scene.

The department said no rescue operation was conducted as the five residents – a couple and their three daughters – had managed to escape the collapsed house.

Firefighters also found that a nearby house was at risk of collapse after some of its stilts were struck by debris from the affected house, rendering the structure unstable. Its owner was subsequently advised to exercise caution. — The Borneo Post

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10 月 3 日，Kampung Bintawa Tengah 附近的一座河边房屋倒塌入河，导致 Isniah Daud 和她的家人流离失所。

幸运的是，事发时这五名家庭成员都不在家，因此无人受伤。

虽然有些物品无法找回，但这家人还是设法从残骸中抢救出了一些重要文件。

坍塌事故还波及到邻近的房屋，消防员建议住户不要继续居住在那里，因为碎片撞击导致房屋结构不稳定。

目前，伊斯尼亚和她的家人暂住在亲戚家。

古晋，10 月 4 日讯——昨天早上，伊斯尼亚·达乌德正和她的三个女儿一起照看她的糕点摊，这时一位邻居打电话告诉她，他们位于 Kampung Bintawa Tengah 附近的河边房屋倒塌落入河中。

这位42岁的妇女立即离开了摊位，留下女儿们继续照看，然后匆匆赶回家。

她最小的女儿，11岁，那天早上原本想待在家里，但最终还是在父亲莫哈末·伊斯梅尔·莫斯塔法的坚持下，跟着母亲去了。

“幸好我小女儿不在家。起初她想待在家里，但我丈夫坚持让她跟我一起去，所以她就去了。”伊斯尼亚在接受《婆罗洲邮报》采访时说道。

事发时，她的丈夫正在外地从事涉及集装箱开启的承包工作。

伊斯尼亚说，在坍塌前不久，她感到了一种无法解释的不安感。

“我在照看我的糕点摊时，似乎有一种不祥的预感，但我无法解释这种感觉。”

“突然间，面粉和一些椰子水洒了出来。我的一位也在那里卖糕点的朋友开玩笑地问：‘你为什么玩面粉和椰子水呢？’”

“大约10分钟后，一位邻居打电话告诉我这件事。我立即离开了，留下女儿们照看摊位，”她说。

后来，这家人设法从废墟中找回了一些证书和重要文件，但她女儿们的身份证却无法找回，因为身份证在被淹没的卧室里。

“当我们查看废墟时，发现我小女儿的床被房子倒塌的一根柱子刺穿了。”

“我在想，如果我最小的女儿今天留在家里会怎么样？”她说。

伊斯尼亚说，这栋房子大约有 18 年的历史了，不过自从她姐姐盖了新房子后把房子交给她，她就在那里住了 14 年。

她说，家人一直很担心河边房子的状况，尤其是在雨天。

“因为房子在河边，我当然很担心，尤其是下雨的时候——我们能感觉到房子在摇晃。”

“我们原本计划翻新房子，但是，唉，没能实现，”她说。

伊斯尼亚家的倒塌还损坏了邻近的一栋房屋，因为倒塌的碎片击中了该房屋的两根柱子，导致房屋结构不稳定。

伊斯尼亚说，消防员已建议屋内人员不要继续留在屋内。

“至于我的家人，目前我们暂住在叔叔家，”她说。

伊斯尼亚、她的丈夫和三个女儿在事故中毫发无损。

她的丈夫随后听从了到场消防员和警察的建议，前往警察局报案。

事件发生在上午 9 点 30 分左右，砂拉越消防救援部门于下午 1 点 16 分左右接到报告，随后佩特拉再也消防救援站的人员被派往现场。

该部门表示，由于五名居民——一对夫妇和他们的三个女儿——都设法从倒塌的房屋中逃了出来，因此没有进行救援行动。

消防员还发现，附近一栋房屋的部分支柱被受损房屋的碎片击中，导致结构不稳定，存在倒塌风险。房屋所有者随后被告知要谨慎行事。——《婆罗洲邮报》

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